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| Bookworm |
Posted - April 01 2007 : 2:46:24 PM
The March newsletter of the Northern York County (PA) Historical Society, the folks who are patiently restoring Dill's Tavern to its former glory, has an article and photo that's sure to fascinate anyone with an interest in colonial furnishings. They've found a scrap of material from the carpet that was used in the tavern, and what a scrap it is -- look at those colors!
http://www.northernyorkhistorical.org/chronicles/2007_03.pdf
Amazing to see what can be learned from a little scrap of cloth.
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| Wilderness Woman |
Posted - May 12 2009 : 12:52:26 PM
Also, their color combinations were really wild, at times. They wore colors together that we shudder at today. Yellow and red, for example. Youch!!! Turquoise and salmon pink. Double youch!! And yet... somehow, they seem to work. |
| Obediah |
Posted - May 12 2009 : 11:44:57 AM
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Originally posted by Wilderness Woman
It's a funny thing that we tend to be under the impression that people of different eras wore and used textiles that were dull in color: grays and browns and drabs. Not so! .....
I was thinking that very same thing...
(Another good example is the clothing worn by the "cowboys" in the movie Tombstone.) |
| Wilderness Woman |
Posted - May 12 2009 : 09:28:35 AM
Very beautifully reproduced! |
| Kay |
Posted - May 12 2009 : 09:24:40 AM
How great is that carpet! That's wonderful that they actually found the original piece. Reminds me of Belle Grove Plantation in Middletown,VA where I do living history. That plantation is 1780s-90s and they are also slowly restoring the house to it's original state. They commissioned a weaving company in England (the original company that made the original carpets for the house when it was built-can you believe they're still around?) to make wall to wall carpeting for the parlor and dining room. They are amazing colorful geometric carpets-absolutely stunning. They are also eventually going to lay wall to wall carpeting in the master bedroom where they found evidence of it in there too. Visitors are always surprised when they hear they had wall to wall carpets and in the bedroom too. Very cool!
Kay |
| Bookworm |
Posted - May 12 2009 : 06:38:16 AM
And here is the reproduced carpet:
http://www.northernyorkhistorical.org/chronicles/2009-04.pdf
The colors in the close-up of the new carpet look a little different from the original, but when you look at the photo of the carpet laid out on the floor, they look almost exactly the same. I guess it shouldn't be surprising that if human hands could make it 200+ years ago, they can make it today -- still, what an amazing achievement. |
| Wilderness Woman |
Posted - April 02 2007 : 4:01:52 PM
It's a funny thing that we tend to be under the impression that people of different eras wore and used textiles that were dull in color: grays and browns and drabs. Not so! Since I have been studying 18th century clothing, I continue to be truly amazed.
That piece of carpet is beautiful! |
| RedFraggle |
Posted - April 01 2007 : 8:44:50 PM
That carpet is quite a find, especially since it's in such good condition. Textiles are usually the first thing to degrade beyond recognition in original contexts. Very neat! |
| Monadnock Guide |
Posted - April 01 2007 : 8:36:03 PM
Looks like quite a place to have a pint or two. The restoration appears to be coming along pretty good, - best of luck with it. |
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