Tapestry
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| Nom de l'objet : | Tapestry |
| Artiste ou artisan : | Antoinette LeFort |
| Type de l'objet : | Hooked |
| Catégorie de l'objet : | Art |
| Matériaux : | Wool |
| Numéro d'accession : | 890-671 |
| Date de début de production : | 1978-01-01 |
| Date de fin de production : | 1978-12-31 |
| Description : | Oval shaped tapestry of flowers in relief. |
| Commentaires : | Born in 1919, Antoinette Lefort began hooking rugs at age eleven. Her skill at hooking intricate designs was evident early on. As with most rug hookers, Lefort dyed her own wool and stamped her own canvases. At peak, she averaged a ten-square-foot rug a week working early in the morning until late at night. Lefort is renowned for her Cap Rouge landscape designs. Although there is evidence dating hooked rugs back to the third and seventh centuries CE, hooked rugs did not appear in Nova Scotia until the mid 1800's. Scraps left over from quilting or textile work were cut into strips and hooked into burlap backing using crochet-type hooks. The designs varied from simple to elaborate depending on the experience and creativity of the artist. Beginning in the 1920's, peddlers would go door-to-door and trade their merchandise for hooked rugs which they in turn sold in larger centres. The cottage industry, however, only became viable in Chéticamp with the arrival of Lillian Burke. Burke was an artist from New York who summered in Baddeck with Alexander Graham Bell's daughter, Marian Fairchild. The pair sought to establish a handcraft industry in the area and chose rug hooking as it was already popular. Burke sought to improve the designs by teaching new dying techniques and establishing exacting standards for the quality of the tapestries. The finished rugs would be sent to her in Baddeck and she would sell them in New York. The women were paid by square foot of rug crafted at the rate of seventy-five or eighty cents in 1938-39. The industry was needed during the economic depression of the 1930's. There was, however, growing discontent amongst some of the rug hookers when it was discovered that Burke made a large profit by buying the rugs at a low price and selling them at a much higher one. In 1936, a group of rug makers created a petition asking for a dollar a square foot in payment. When Burke refused, the group decided to split off and work under another agent. Under the leadership of Marie (à Charlie à Lubin) Aucoin, this offshoot group established markets across Canada and the United States. |
| Longueur : | 20.5 cm |
| Largeur : | 27.5 cm |
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| Ville de l'établissement : | Chéticamp |
| Province de l'établissement : | Nova Scotia |
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