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  1. Antimacassar, n.d. - Antimacassar

    Antimacassar, n.d.. Two panel lace mat with repeated clover design. Each panel has six squares with the same clover design. Entire piece has a scalloped edge.

    Record Type: Object

    Antimacassar, n.d.
  2. Antimacassar, n.d. - Antimacassar

    Antimacassar, n.d.. Two panel lace mat with six repeated square designs. Each square has a central cross with a eight-point star pattern around it. The center of each square has red thread added to fill in the circular lace pattern. Entire piece has a scalloped edge.

    Record Type: Object

    Antimacassar, n.d.
  3. Antimacassar, n.d. - Antimacassar

    Antimacassar, n.d.. Oblong lace mat with cross and square pattern in center. Edge has a scalloped finish.

    Record Type: Object

    Antimacassar, n.d.
  4. Antimacassar, n.d. - Antimacassar

    Antimacassar, n.d.. Two panel lace mat with repeated clover design. Each panel has six squares with the same clover design. Entire piece has a scalloped edge.

    Record Type: Object

    Antimacassar, n.d.
  5. Antimacassar, n.d. - Antimacassar

    Antimacassar, n.d.. Three-paneled, rectangular lace mat with three areas of multicolored needlepoint designs. Each panel is identical with a central floral/rose and leaf needlepoint design. Each panel has a central rectangular design. The entire piece has a scalloped, floral edge.

    Record Type: Object

    Antimacassar, n.d.
  6. Antimacassar, n.d. - Antimacassar

    Antimacassar, n.d.. Two panel lace mat with six repeated square designs. Each square has a central cross with a eight-point star pattern around it. The center of each square has red thread added to fill in the circular lace pattern. Entire piece has a scalloped edge.

    Record Type: Object

    Antimacassar, n.d.
  7. Antimacassar, n.d. - Antimacassar

    Antimacassar, n.d.. Three panel lace mat with repeated clover design. Each panel has ten squares with the same clover design. Entire piece has a scalloped edge.

    Record Type: Object

    Antimacassar, n.d.
  8. Antimacassar, n.d. - Antimacassar

    Antimacassar, n.d.. Oblong lace mat with cross and square pattern in center. Edge has a scalloped finish.

    Record Type: Object

    Antimacassar, n.d.
  9. Antimacassar, n.d. - Antimacassar

    Antimacassar, n.d.. Three-paneled, rectangular lace mat with four areas of multicolored needlepoint designs. The two exterior panels have an oval floral/rose and leaf needle point design. The central panel has two triangular floral/rose and leaf needlepoint designs on the left and right sides. The entire piece has a scalloped edge.

    Record Type: Object

    Antimacassar, n.d.
  10. Ashtray and Stand Made by Seiichiro Ishida at Topaz Internment Camp, c. 1942-1945 - Stand

    Ashtray and Stand Made by Seiichiro Ishida at Topaz Internment Camp, c. 1942-1945. Ashtray stand made of found objects at Topaz internment camp by Seiichiro Ishida, donor's father. The stand is made of wood (probably found driftwood) and is carved like the shape of a body of a giraffe with a long neck, and legs and the head of a bird including a beak. It is related to the glass ashtray (.2), which sits on top of carved wooden stand (.1). (.1) At...

    Record Type: Object

    Ashtray and Stand Made by Seiichiro Ishida at Topaz Internment Camp, c. 194
  11. Blanket Piece, c.1860-1870 - Blanket

    Blanket Piece, c. 1860-70. Blue and off white plaid piece of blanket of hand spun and home raised wool. The blanket consists of 2 inch columns and rows creating ivory light blue and dark blue 2in. x 2in. squares. there are 20 columns of blue and 19 columns of ivory going horizontally from side to side and traveling vertically from top to bottom there are 9 rows of blue and 11 rows of ivory. On the right side approximately 11.5in. from the edge th...

    Record Type: Object

    Homespun Blanket, c. 1860
  12. Chair, c.1942-1945 - Chair

    Chair, c.1942-1945. It was made in Rohwer, Arkansas at the Rohwer War Relocation Center during WWII. It includes a wooden seat back, a seat connected perpendicularly from the seat back and the wooden legs,and small thin boards that connect horizontally and vertically near the four wooden legs. Its seat back is slightly tilted, and connect to its top rail board, and the left and right side of the wooden seat. On the front of the top rail, it has ...

    Record Type: Object

    Chair made in Rohwer, Arkansas Japanese Relocation Center during WWII
  13. Chair made by Kanichi Eguchi at Rohwer, Arkansas Relocation Center, c. 1942-1945 - Chair

    Chair made by Kanichi Eguchi at Rohwer, Arkansas Relocation Center, c. 1942-1945. Wooden chair (shaped like an h) made in Rohwer, Arkansas Relocation Center by donor's father-in-law. It has a slightly tilted wooden seat back, four wooden legs, a seat connected to the top of four wooden legs, and the stretcher, which is the horizontal support elements joining the the four wooden legs . The slightly tilted seat back are 2 by 2 small thin wooden bo...

    Record Type: Object

    Chair Made by Kanichi Eguchi at Rohwer, Arkansas Relocation Center, c. 1942
  14. Chinese Puff Sleeve Iron, c. 1885-1889 - Iron

    Chinese Puff Sleeve Iron, c. 1885-1889. Iron egg-shaped piece attached by an iron rod to a wooden handle covered at end with an iron grip. There are two holes, approximately 1/8" in diameter on opposite sides of grip; bottom of grip is open--wood does not extend its entire length and there is currently cotton(?) inside; end of grip has a raised cylindrical cap attached to it; where iron rod and wooden piece meet there is a brass circle at end o...

    Record Type: Object

    Sleeve Iron for Puffed Sleeves
  15. Christmas Pillow, c. 1850s - Pillow

    Christmas Pillow, c. 1850s. Handmade satin Christmas pillow with green on the back and ivory on the front. Flowers and moths decorate the front. Sewn with herringbone stitch along top and bottom; woven together with green and ivory ribbon on sides. Fringe on top and bottom.

    Record Type: Object

    Christmas Pillow, c. 1850s
  16. Circular Round Doily, n.d. - Doily

    Circular Round Doily, n.d. Ivory in color. Consists of a smaller 3.25in diameter circle of linen surrounded by 1in. of handmade lace edging. The center circle has two lines going across the height and two lines going across the width to create 9 sections. The lace consists of tighter and looser woven threads creating an organic repetitive pattern.

    Record Type: Object

    Round Doily, n.d.
  17. Circular Round Doily, n.d. - Doily

    Circular Round Doily, n.d. Ivory in color. Consists of a smaller 3.25in diameter circle of linen surrounded by 1in. of handmade lace edging. The center circle has two lines going across the height and two lines going across the width to create 9 sections. The lace consists of tighter and looser woven threads creating an organic repetitive pattern.

    Record Type: Object

    Round Doily, n.d.
  18. Coffee Roaster - Roaster, Coffee

    Coffee Roaster. A small, black metal (iron?) pot with lid. The pot is narrower at the bottom and wider on the top and has a long side handle made out of the same material. The side handle has a small circle within the metal at the end for hanging. On the top middle of the lid there is what looks like a crank handle; it comes out from the top and curves to the side ending with a dark wooden knob that is facing up. This connects to a stirring mecha...

    Record Type: Object

    Coffee Roaster
  19. Crocheted Hot Plate Cover, n.d. - Cover, Food

    Crocheted Hot Plate Cover, n.d. 8in. diameter, 25in. circumference. Creme in color, hand-crocheted. 0.25in opening in the center (circular). 16 open dotted lines extend from the center to the edges. 16 triangular shapes made using a tighter crochet method extend from the center towards the edge. Edge consists of scalloped look made from evenly places knots 0.25in apart. On the bottom there is a 0.75in lip which held the cover in place. A string r...

    Record Type: Object

    Crocheted Hot Plate Cover, n.d.
  20. Crocheted Tablecloth Section, n.d. - Crochet

    Crocheted Tablecloth Section, n.d. One of 16 squares (A-P). Hand-crocheted 3.875 x 4.25 inch rectangle in an off-white/ivory color. The bottom edge and right edge have decorative multi-layered scallop pattern. this patter consists of 11 total scallops. Each scallop is made up of three smaller scallops. The scallops extend .375in from the right and bottom edge of the square. The squares floral design has a 2 x 2 inch flower in the bottom left whi...

    Record Type: Object

    Crocheted Tablecloth Section, n.d.
  21. Crocheted Tablecloth Section, n.d. - Crochet

    Crocheted Tablecloth Section, n.d. One of 16 squares (A-P). Hand-crocheted rectangle in an off-white/ivory color. The squares floral design has a 2 x 2 inch flower in the bottom left which is mirrored and flipped on the top right with leaves on either side of the two flowers. The pattern is created with vertical and horizontal lines, the flower and leaves are created using closer crocheting with smaller holes while the negative space has larger ...

    Record Type: Object

    Crocheted Tablecloth Section, n.d.
  22. Crocheted Tablecloth Section, n.d. - Crochet

    Crocheted Tablecloth Section, n.d. One of 16 squares (A-P). Hand-crocheted rectangle in an off-white/ivory color. The squares floral design has a 2 x 2 inch flower in the bottom left which is mirrored and flipped on the top right with leaves on either side of the two flowers. The pattern is created with vertical and horizontal lines, the flower and leaves are created using closer crocheting with smaller holes while the negative space has larger ...

    Record Type: Object

    Crocheted Tablecloth Section, n.d.
  23. Crocheted Tablecloth Section, n.d. - Crochet

    Crocheted Tablecloth Section, n.d. One of 16 squares (A-P). Hand-crocheted rectangle in an off-white/ivory color. The squares floral design has a 2 x 2 inch flower in the bottom left which is mirrored and flipped on the top right with leaves on either side of the two flowers. The pattern is created with vertical and horizontal lines, the flower and leaves are created using closer crocheting with smaller holes while the negative space has larger ...

    Record Type: Object

    Crocheted Tablecloth Section, n.d.
  24. Crocheted Tablecloth Section, n.d. - Crochet

    Crocheted Tablecloth Section, n.d. One of 16 squares (A-P). Hand-crocheted rectangle in an off-white/ivory color. The squares floral design has a 2 x 2 inch flower in the bottom left which is mirrored and flipped on the top right with leaves on either side of the two flowers. The pattern is created with vertical and horizontal lines, the flower and leaves are created using closer crocheting with smaller holes while the negative space has larger ...

    Record Type: Object

    Crocheted Tablecloth Section, n.d.
  25. Crocheted Tablecloth Section, n.d. - Crochet

    Crocheted Tablecloth Section, n.d. One of 16 squares (A-P). Hand-crocheted rectangle in an off-white/ivory color. The squares floral design has a 2 x 2 inch flower in the bottom left which is mirrored and flipped on the top right with leaves on either side of the two flowers. The pattern is created with vertical and horizontal lines, the flower and leaves are created using closer crocheting with smaller holes while the negative space has larger ...

    Record Type: Object

    Crocheted Tablecloth Section, n.d.

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