Object Record
Images
Additional Images [4]
Metadata
Accession number |
1985.013 |
Object Identification Number |
1985.013.030a |
Object Name |
Cloth Fragment |
Donor |
Petersen, Karen Marie (Madsen) |
Description |
Square light blue canvas material with unfinished white ribbon design. There are guidelines drawn on the canvas to indicate where the remaining ribbon should go. Part of a kit for "Modern Lace Making" (1985.013.030a-h). Proper center of canvas features an eagle with a shield. The eagle's left wing is outstretched, while the bird's head and right wing are in profile. Towards the bottom of the shield, there is an arrow (presumably clasped in the eagle's talons, although this is obscured by the shield). Floral decorations along the outer edges. At the proper left bottom corner, some of the floral designs have lace inserts. Half of the canvas has cardboard-like backing material stitched to it with large loose stitches. One edge of this backing has fluted tips with scalloped edges. The surface of the backing sewn to the canvas has a printed design of a grid in gold. |
Dimensions |
W-21.25 L-21.25 inches |
Made By |
Petersen, Karen Marie (Madsen) |
Creation Date |
c. 1910 |
Place Of Origin |
USA/IA/Exira |
Owned By |
Petersen, Karen Marie (Madsen) |
Material |
canvas/ribbon/lace/backing material |
Associated People |
Petersen, Karen Marie Madsen |
Search Terms |
Petersen, Karen Marie Madsen Sears Roebuck and Co Modern Lace Making cloth fragment lace Exira Iowa A.C.E. Brand Battenberg Braid 1910 eagle shield arrow floral flower |
Provenance |
This unfinished cloth fragment belonged to and may have been made by Karen Marie (Madsen) Petersen. This was part of an instruction kit for "Modern Lace Making" sold by Sears Roebuck and Company. The ribbon used for this project is copyrighted 1910. Karen Marie (Madsen) Petersen was the daughter of Soren and Christine Wolf Madsen. She was born in Audubon County, Iowa on 15 December 1888 and died on 27 October 1984 in the Salem Nursing Home in Elk Horn, Iowa. She attended country schools in Audubon County and completed two years at Elk Horn College. She studied teaching and taught for three years. She then attended Highland Park College in Des Moines, Iowa. After receiving her degree she taught in Exira, Iowa; Minneapolis, Minnesota; and Seattle, Washington. In 1921, she married Elmer E. Petersen and they farmed near Exira. After Elmer's death in 1955, she sold the farm and returned to teaching until her retirement. She was a member of the West Exira Seventh-Day Adventist Church near Exira. |
Images |
001\1985013030a.JPG |
Date Received by Museum |
1985 |