Examples of Thistle Hill Weavers' Work

 

 At left, recently installed stair carpet at the home of Syd and Dorelle Chase.
Their c. 1815 Worcester, NY  house was moved and restored.

 

Recently received by Thistle Hill Weavers:

The Venetian carpet remains the star of the show at the William Cullen Bryant Homestead.

 

Will Garrison, Historic Resources Manager
The Trustees of Reservations
Stockbridge, MA

 


The Venetian carpet mentioned in the note at left.

 

Below are photos taken at the Greater Philadelphia Historic Home Show in early 2005.

 

Recently Done Examples at The Farmer's Museum


The dimity hanging is circa 1810 and is a typical upper middle class hanging. The festoon drapes are the same fabric. The fringe is woven with a tape heading.

The bed is in the Moore house at the Farmers Museum and represents a upper middle class but  not best bed.

A campaign bed at the Farmers Museum dating roughly 1820's 30's.
Hangings by Thistle Hill Weavers. Coverlet is an original from the museum collection. 

The checked tape was also woven by Thistle Hill and the buttons are cloth covered brass rings.

 

A  note received by Thistle Hill Weavers:

We just wanted to email to say how pleased we were with the whole process of working with you.

The dimity was absolutely lovely. The second shipment came to our prior home right while we were moving out so perfect timing.

We made simple curtains out of the dimity and had a blacksmith make federal period style rods to hang them from. The result is spectacular in our little 1832 restored federal brick house with original windows.

Jack and Dale Tripp
50 Northport Ave
Belfast, ME

 

Fringe for a chair in the Hyde Collection

There are 12 tassels to the inch in silk and worsted

 

Mount Vernon

These tassels are in the small dining room at Mount Vernon. The fabric is Thomas Jackson Diamonds in 2 different red worsteds. The tassels are wooden molds with a woven fringe skirt, a snail cord and a hand woven green and red tape woven for The Crossing
 
Carpeting Waveland for Waveland in Louisville, Kentucky

 

 
Fringe for a printed cotton counterpane circa 1820's An good example of Thistle Hill's polychrome fringe.

Below are several pictures from Farmington which was a year and half long project by Thistle Hill Weavers. The house was built by the Speed family around 1815 and was designed either by Jefferson or a local builder hired by the Speeds.

It was a hemp plantation and  Speed married a second wife with whom he had 13 children. There were 60 slaves and servants and several other adults living in the house.
 

Example of a Twill Block Coverlet Woven by Thistle Hill. Call for Information.
Examples of Thistle Hill Weaver's fabrics and trims in private homes

 

 

Burrows House Parlor at Mystic Seaport, Mystic CT

2 Views of the Parlor of Burrows House at  Mystic Seaport.

 

Installation of the Venetian Carpeting at Burrows House

 
Bump tavern at the Farmers' Museum, Cooperstown NY

Draperies made by Thistle Hill Weavers

Dining Room at Bump Tavern
 

Rock Hall, Lawrence, NY

blue bed hanging.jpg (19015 bytes)

blue hanging detail.jpg (21329 bytes)
Bed Hangings at Rock Hall, Lawrence, New York, a late 18th, early 19th C. site. Thistle Hill Weavers did the polychrome worsted and silk fringe seen here as well as Venetian carpet, slip covers and upholstery fabric.

blue coverlet on chair.jpg (29312 bytes)  blue coverlet on bed.jpg (53071 bytes)
Examples of coverlets and throws woven by Thistle Hill Weavers.

Bed Rug at Museum of American Frontier Culture, Stanton, VA
Thistle Hill Weavers reproduced this  c.1690's bed rug for an English bed at the Museum of American Frontier Culture in Stanton Virginia. The dyes used to create the bed rug were organic, natural dyes including indigo and madder. The actual sewing was done with 5 strands of handspun yarn and took 80 hours of sewing. The backing fabric is woven with a linen warp and wool filling.
Stay Tuned! Thistle Hill has completed the worsted stripe bed hangings in red, blue, green and natural from the same period.		 stripe coverlet on bed.jpg (29793 bytes)

Bedroom at Martin Van Buren's home in Kinderbrook, NY

beforebed
Undressed bed.

bedfront  bedside
Front and side views of the dressed bed.

closeup
Closeup of bedhangings. The fabric used was Thomas Jackson's diamonds. This is a geometric figured worsted taken from Thomas Jackson's draft book. The white facings and lower valances are of checked dimity.

drapes
Draperies in Van Buren bedroom.
Window treatment in private home in Ohio using Dimity M's and O's. ohio window

red toile chair.jpg (46230 bytes)

The chair above is trimmed with Thistle Hill Weavers' checkered tape and variegated cotton fringe.
Fabric woven by Thistle Hill Weavers. Curtains sewn by Tara Beshai

Examples of geometric ingrain block carpeting by Thistle Hill Wavers.

In addition, be sure to check our examples of fabrics which have recently been in the movies!

Contact  Us Furnishing Textiles for Homes & Historic Sites Historic Trims
Textiles for the Film Industry Historic Textile Research & Articles Home