Whimsy
Whimsy
Whimsy
Square shaped white/beige cotton encasing stuffing, scalloped edge pattern, red wool cloth front panel forms background for bird and floral beadwork
Catalogue records attribute this artifact to the Iroquois.
Based on catalogue records.
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Cotton cloth, wool cloth, embroidery yarn, bead, paper, cotton thread.
Cut, sewn, beaded, embroidered.
Three areas of beadwork: (1) the front face is beaded in the couched stitch with crystal beads, Design consists of a bird perched on a branch, tube shaped crystal beads are used to accent bird's eye, legs, tail feather and leaf tips of coloured leaves (embroidered in alternating beads of crystal/opaque blue and crystal/translucent gold), Second floral spray occurs in right hand corner of design: leaves embroidered in alternating crystal/translucent green and crystal/translucent red beads, (2) Total circumference is beaded with interconnecting diagonally placed leaves, All leaves beaded with crystal beads with centre vein in light grey tube beads, Leaves positioned at four corners in translucent red and blue beads, diagonally match one another in colour, (3) Scalloped borders of pillow accented with alternating lines of crystal beads with overlaid diagonal lines occurring along sides and suspended loops of same hanging from each scalloped corner.
Example of range of souvenir art work produced in Great Lakes area, particularly by the Tuscarora who settled around Niagara Falls; The most prolific period of production was 1890-1910; Victorian style "raised" beadwork (couched stitch) was typically used to lavishly decorate a variety of objects - pin cushions, photo frames, trinket boxes, and whimsies constructed in numerous shapes: rosettes, squares, rectangles, hearts and high-heeled tasseled boots.
from catalogue records
Provenance
from catalogue records
Carlisle, Lilian Baker. "Beadwork Whimsies" Canadian Antiques Collector, 9, No. 2 (1974), pp. 43-44.
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Manitoba Museum
43.3, -78.1
Example of range of souvenir art work produced in Great Lakes area, particularly by the Tuscarora who settled around Niagara Falls.