Runner - Drawn Thread | C2 Centre for Craft

This drawn thread runner features four distinctive borders. The widest border comprises numerous woven wheels and needle woven crosses. Spanish openwork, the most difficult technique, fills the corners. The craftsperson was born in 1842 into an United Empire Loyalists family. Her granddaughter donated this piece to MCML in the 1990s.

Craftsperson Wilson, Margaret

Materials Evenweave linen, cotton

Dimensions 43 cm (w) x 137.5 cm (l)

Date Late 19th - early 20th Century

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The C2 Centre for Craft is located in what we now know as Manitoba, the ancestral lands of the Anishinaabeg, Ininiwak, Dene, Anishininewuk, Dakota Oyate, Inuit Peoples, and the national homeland of the Red River Métis. These lands include territory subject to Treaties 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6 and 10.

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Runner – Drawn Thread