Side view of unidentified white clapboard house with covered front porch, dormer windows. House features one single chimney and two additional chimneys with double stacks. Unpainted shed addition at back of house. Ivy is growing up the side of...
A collaboration between the artist and her sister, this book explores the importance of shared memories and how they continually evolve. Eight memories are told, one on each double page spread.
James Thitchener writes to his sister about his regiment's activities stating that they are on the move and are expecting a clash with the rebel army who are on the way to Bull Run. He hopes to have better success than in the past. James...
School children; Schools; Boarding schools; Women; Men; Childhood & youth;
There are 31 people gathered for a group portrait in front of the New Paltz Academy building. The 11 males are dressed in dark suits with white collared shirts underneath. Most are wearing ties. The dresses the women are wearing are double...
Warp: natural cotton and blue dyed wool. Filling (weft): natural cotton and blue dyed wool. This coverlet is masterfully woven. The composition is well balanced, embodying energetic, curvilinear geometry. The design incorporates two distinct...
Warp: natural cotton and blue dyed wool. Filling: natural cotton and blue dyed wool. The design is made up of "rose" and "snowball" variants with a grid-like appearance. The slightly curved linear elements come together to form overlapping rings....
Warp: natural cotton and blue dyed wool. Filling: natural cotton and blue dyed wool. A densely figured composition of naturalistic plant forms including seaweed (or ferns) and roses intersect diamond and rectangular tiles. It is bordered on all...
Warp: natural cotton and blue dyed wool. Filling: natural cotton and blue dyed wool. The double row of "pine trees" in different proportions adds interest to the border of this coverlet. This tree-like motif used on borders may have been referred...
This early 20th century photograph shows Christopher Freer seated at a two harness loom weaving rag carpeting. This photograph was taken in the Bevier-Elting House, a historic museum house, located on Huguenot Street, New Paltz, NY. Wooden beams...
Warp: natural cotton and blue dyed wool. Filling: natural cotton and blue dyed wool. The lay out of the design elements (large scale medallions and diamonds) in this coverlet are reminiscent of period carpets. The coverlet is seamed down the...
Warp: natural cotton and blue dyed wool. Filling: natural cotton and blue dyed wool. Border inscription reads: LIBERTY-VILLE ULSTER COUNTY N-Y. DINAH ROOSA. This example is not seamed - it was woven on a wider "broad" loom.
