Straw Braid
1850-1870 (made)
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Eighteen straw sample decorations for hats attached to fabric covered card. Motifs of straw and hemp using split straw, quilling technique, straw marquetry and shapes are stamped out with a die. Straw threads, fine split straw plait and small wooden beads are covered with split straw. Incorporated into the decorations are glass beads. The decorations are mostly floral shapes, measuring between 20 mm and 40 mm in diameter.
Bobbin lace of horsehair embroidered with straw. The straw stalk has been split and two 'splints' are twisted into a rope like thread, or straw 'splint' left flat to show the shins. The daisy flower on the braid is made of whole straw stalks.
Bobbin lace of horsehair embroidered with straw. The straw stalk has been split and two 'splints' are twisted into a rope like thread, or straw 'splint' left flat to show the shins. The daisy flower on the braid is made of whole straw stalks.
Object details
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| Materials and techniques | Plaited straw, hemp and glass beads, bobbin lace of horsehair embroidered with straw, attached to card |
| Brief description | Eighteen straw decorations for hats attached to fabric covered card, made by Jacob Isler & Co., Wohlen, 1850-1870 |
| Physical description | Eighteen straw sample decorations for hats attached to fabric covered card. Motifs of straw and hemp using split straw, quilling technique, straw marquetry and shapes are stamped out with a die. Straw threads, fine split straw plait and small wooden beads are covered with split straw. Incorporated into the decorations are glass beads. The decorations are mostly floral shapes, measuring between 20 mm and 40 mm in diameter. Bobbin lace of horsehair embroidered with straw. The straw stalk has been split and two 'splints' are twisted into a rope like thread, or straw 'splint' left flat to show the shins. The daisy flower on the braid is made of whole straw stalks. |
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| Credit line | Given by Mr R. J. Isler |
| Object history | Registered File number 1992/566. The sample card was assembled in the 1900s from the archives of the firm Jacob Isler & Co. via the Freiamter Strohmuseum. |
| Production | Samples assembled in the 1900s. |
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| Bibliographic reference | Kuhn, D. et al. Strohzeiten: Geschichte und Geschichten der aargauischen Strohindustrie. Aarau/Schweiz: AT Verlag, 1991 |
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| Accession number | T.97-1992 |
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| Record created | December 4, 2002 |
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