Straw Braid
1850-1860 (made)
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Five straw decorations for hats attached to fabric covered card. Spray ornaments using straw marquetry stamped out designs, oat seeds, straw thread, and twisted thread wound around a piece of whole straw stalk. Six rows of plait using straw splints (three straw catsfoot plait) on a marquetry 'Horn of Plenty' as well as twisted straw thread and three wooden beads covered with straw splints.
Object details
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| Materials and techniques | Stamped straw, straw thread and splints, wood and oat seeds |
| Brief description | Five straw decorations for hats attached to fabric covered card, made by Jacob Isler & Co., Wohlen, 1850-1860. |
| Physical description | Five straw decorations for hats attached to fabric covered card. Spray ornaments using straw marquetry stamped out designs, oat seeds, straw thread, and twisted thread wound around a piece of whole straw stalk. Six rows of plait using straw splints (three straw catsfoot plait) on a marquetry 'Horn of Plenty' as well as twisted straw thread and three wooden beads covered with straw splints. |
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| Marks and inscriptions | 'M BRUGGISSER & Co. AG / SA / SUISSE WOHLEN VI SCHWEIZ' (Stamped on back) |
| 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 | Kuhn, D. et al. Strohzeiten: Geschichte und Geschichten der aargauischen Strohindustrie. Aarau/Schweiz: AT Verlag, 1991 |
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| Accession number | T.103-1992 |
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| Record created | December 4, 2002 |
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