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Straw Braid

ca. 1890 (made)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

Six straw braids for hats attached to fabric covered card. Straw plait and thread has been plaited with different coloured bast to make patterned strips. Motifs of straw, glass and wooden beads and hemp using split straw, quilling technique straw marquetry, shapes stamped out with a die.


Object details

Categories
Object type
Materials and techniques
Straw plait and thread braided with bast, glass and wooden beads and hemp
Brief description
Six straw braids for hats attached to fabric covered card, made by Jacob Isler & Co., Wohlen, ca. 1890.
Physical description
Six straw braids for hats attached to fabric covered card. Straw plait and thread has been plaited with different coloured bast to make patterned strips. Motifs of straw, glass and wooden beads and hemp using split straw, quilling technique straw marquetry, shapes stamped out with a die.
Dimensions
  • Width: 229mm
  • Length: 332mm
  • Width: 9.125in
  • Length: 13.25in
Measurement of card
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.
Bibliographic reference
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.
Collection
Accession number
T.101-1992

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Record createdDecember 4, 2002
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