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Straw Braid

1850-1860 (made)
Artist/Maker
Jacob Isler & Co. (manufacturer)
Place of origin
Wohlen (made)

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

Categories
Textiles
Hats & Headwear
Object type
Straw braid
Materials and techniques
Stamped straw, straw thread and splints, wood and oat seeds
Straw
Beads
Wood
Stamped
Applied Work
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.
Dimensions
  • Width: 229mm
  • Length: 332mm
  • Width: 9.125in
  • Length: 13.25in
Measurement of card
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
Collection
Textiles and Fashion Collection
Accession number
T.103-1992

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Record createdDecember 4, 2002
Record URL
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