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Floorcloths :: Early American Historic Designs |
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| Historic Designs - In this collection we have used stencil patterns from floors and walls of Historic homes Circa 1740-1840. These designs ORIGINATED in the homes of New England area. The floorcloths are recognized by the name of the house where the pattern is obtained. We have designed and reproduced historic floorcloth based on the work of master artists. |
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Historic Stenciling - Stenciling is an art form found in Early American home décor. Today, it came back (rebounding) in American homes. Its symbolism is prevalent in various motifs. The swag and pendant, known as the liberty bell, was a patriotic emblem of post-Revolutionary America. Of those derived from nature, the flower baskets represented friendship; the oak leaf, strength and loyalty; the willow, everlasting life; and the pineapple, hospitality. Hearts, derive love and happiness. | ||||
| History of Floorcloths - The painted canvas rugs also know as floorcloths, oylcloth were in wide use during most of the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries. The floorcloth was initially viewed as an affordable alternative to the grander woven carpets of the wealthy, or as an appropriate imitation of marble, tile, and inlaid parquet, but came to be valued for its own sake. The arrival of linoleum flooring in the US slowed the interest in hand made floorcloths and by the early 1920s they were virtually gone. |
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 Cutler House Floorcloth Border stencil from Edward Cutler House, Warren, Rhode Island Colors Used: Pine Yellow, Colonial Red, Black, and Brown Antique Glaze |
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Benjamin Pierce Homestead Floorcloth Border stencil from Governor Benjamin Pierce Homestead Hillsborough, New Hampshire Colors Used: Moss Green, Navy Blue, and Brown Antique Glaze |
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Shaker Tree of Life Floorcloth Border - Bump Tavern
at the Farmer’s Museum in Cooperstown, NY. Colors Used: Pine Yellow, Cranberry Red, Spanish Red, Black, Meadow Green, Brown Antique Glaze |
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Shaker Tree of Life Floorcloth Colors Used: Dove Gray, Cranberry Red, Spanish Red, Black, Meadow Green, Brown Antique Glaze |
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Willow Tree Floorcloth - Moses Eaton Collection |
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Early American Flowers Floorcloth 1-
Barnyard Red |
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Early American Flowers Floorcloth 2-
Pine Yellow |
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Sage Heart- Leavenworth
Floorcloth |
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Sage Heart- Leavenworth
Floorcloth #2 Pine Yellow |
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Sage House
Floorcloth |
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Sage - Wheeler
Homestead Floorcloth |
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Colors Used: Pearl
Essence, Yellow Ocher, Black, Spanish Red, Brown Antique Glaze |
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Colors Used: Pine
Yellow, Williamsburg Blue, Black, Brown Antique Glaze |
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Colors Used: Pine
Yellow, Dove Gray, Cranberrry Red, Black, Brown Antique Glaze |
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Colors Used: Pine Yellow, Spanish Red, Black and Brown Antique Glaze |
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Isaac Buck House Floorcloth 2- with PA Dutch border Floor stencil from Hanover, Massachusetts Colors Used: Cream Silk, Cranberry Red, Navy Blue, Meadow Green, and Brown Antique Glaze |
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Colors Used: Pine Yellow, Black, Spanish Red, Brown Antique Glaze
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Isaac Buck
- Kingsbury Floorcloth 4 - Navy Blue Colors Used: Navy Blue, Maroon, Beige, Brown Antique Glaze |
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Isaac Buck -Kingsbury
Floorcloth 5- Dove Gray Colors Used: Dove Gray , Cranberry Red, Black, Brown Antique Glaze |
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Isaac Buck -
Sage House Floorcloth 6 Colors Used: Bennigton Tan, Cranberry Red, Meadow Green, Sage Green, Brown Antique Glaze |
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Colors Used: Pearl Essence, Spanish Red, Black, Brown Antique Glaze |
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Colors Used: Pine Yellow, Spanish Red, Terra Cotta, Meadow Green, and Brown Antique Glaze |
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Compass Rose Floorcloth - Marbelized effect Also known as "Mariner Compass" found on painted floors in Norwell, Massachusetts Colors Used: Pearl Essence, Black and Brown Antique Glaze |
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Mariners Compass Floorcloth #2 Also known as "Compass Rose" found on painted floors in Norwell, Massachusetts Colors Used: Pine Yellow, Black, Cranberry and Brown Antique Glaze |
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) Similar floorcloth donated towards United Way fund raising, August 2004. |
Bump Tavern Floorcloth 1 Colors Used: Pine Yellow, Red, Navy Blue, Brown Antique Glaze |
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Colors Used: Spanish Red, Yellow Ocher and Amish Blue, Brown Antique Glaze |
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Colors Used: Pine Yellow and Amish Blue, Cranberry Red and Brown Antique Glaze |
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Colors Used: Midnight Blue, Beige, Lotus Pink and Brown Antique Glaze |
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Bump Tavern Floorcloth 5 This design comes from a painted floor at the Bump Tavern at the Farmer’s Museum in Cooperstown, NY. Colors Used: Pine Yellow, Meadow Green, Cranberry, Black, and Brown Antique Glaze |
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Colors Used: Pearl Essence, Black, Mocha, beige, Cranberry Red, Brown Antique Glaze |
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Bump
Tavern Floorcloth 7 - Dove
Gray Colors Used: Dove Gray, Cranberry, Black, Brown Antique Glaze |
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Colors Used: Pine Yellow, Cranberry, Williamsburg Blue, Black, Brown Antique Glaze |
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Colors Used: Barnyard Red, Black Mocha, Brown Antique Glaze |
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Colors Used: Pine Yellow, Black, Brown Antique Glaze |
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) Similar floorcloth donated towards the Auction at June Fete 2005. Proceeds from June Fete was used to support the establishment of University Medical Center at Princeton's Breast Health Center. |
May House Floor cloth
#2 Colors Used: Barnyard Red, Yellow Ocher and brown antique glaze
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May House Floor cloth
#3 Colors Used: Pine Yellow, Cranberry Red, Midnight Blue and brown antique glaze
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Colors Used: Pearl Essence, Maroon, and brown antique glaze
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May House Floor cloth
#6 Colors Used: Pine Yellow, Maroon, Meadow Green, Brown Antique Glaze
Price: Group C |
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Colors Used: Pearl Essence, Pine Yellow, Cranberry Red, Meadow Green, Brown and Black Antique Glaze
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May House Floor cloth
#8 Colors Used: Pearl Essence, Midnight
Blue, and brown antique glaze |
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Colors Used: Cream Silk, Cranberry,
Meadow Green, and brown antique glaze |
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Floorcloths in Historic Designs : Gallery 2 |
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