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Hooked rug with wading waterbird Great Cranberry Island Historical Society	Object, Furnishings, Rug	Other People	Stanley - Eliza		No Copyright - Non-Commercial Use Only	Hooked rug with wading waterbird Great Cranberry Island Historical Society Identifier: gcihs-2014.273.2010 Type: Object, Furnishings, Rug Subject: Other People Creator: Stanley - Eliza Description: Rug. Hooked, yarn and jersey material, with note "...made by Eliza Stanley." White waterbird with yellow bill wading with cattails, mountains, and butterfly in background; brown border. Faded, torn, worn, repaired at some earlier time. Eliza Stanley b. 1888 and d. 1967. (Donor bought Eliza and Pink Stanley's house 1970.)
Cherub Wall hanging Great Cranberry Island Historical Society	Object, Furnishings, Wall Hanging	People		1992	No Copyright - Non-Commercial Use Only	Cherub Wall hanging Great Cranberry Island Historical Society Identifier: gcihs-2002.78.1075 Type: Object, Furnishings, Wall Hanging Subject: People Date: 1992 Description: Wall Hanging gifted to Jan Moss from Gaile Colby in 1992 to celebrate Jan's first Grandchild.
Modified rocking chair with swivel tray Great Cranberry Island Historical Society	Object, Furnishings, Chair	People Structures, Dwellings, House			No Copyright - Non-Commercial Use Only	Modified rocking chair with swivel tray Great Cranberry Island Historical Society Identifier: gcihs-2000.6.1935 Type: Object, Furnishings, Chair Subject: People Structures, Dwellings, House Description: Furniture. Rocking chair with swivel tray. Wood. Original black rocker with gold scroll work on seat and back has been modified with addition of a swiveling, wooden tray affixed to the chair arms. Rocker blades may have been shortened. Rocker may have had a signature, Stanley, visible on it at one time. Phil Whitney recollects in 2015 that this rocker was rescued from his family's house (across the street from his present home) during their house fire. It may have been his mother's rocker (d.o.b. 1911), or perhaps his great great grandmother Sidney Hamor Bunker who died in 1918, or his great grandmother, Julia Bunker Spurling. (From Ladies Aid 2000) [show more]
Rug from President of Harvard Chas. Eliot's sloop "Sunshine" Great Harbor Maritime Museum	Object, Furnishings, Rug	People			Copyright Not Evaluated	Rug from President of Harvard Chas. Eliot's sloop "Sunshine" Great Harbor Maritime Museum Identifier: ghmm-1487 Type: Object, Furnishings, Rug Subject: People Description: Late 1800? Acrylic yarn makes date of 1870 implausible. Family says "Sunshine" built then.
Hooked rug with clamshell design Great Cranberry Island Historical Society	Object, Furnishings, Rug	Other People			No Copyright - Non-Commercial Use Only	Hooked rug with clamshell design Great Cranberry Island Historical Society Identifier: gcihs-2015.331.2093 Type: Object, Furnishings, Rug Subject: Other People Description: Rug. Hooked rug, with clamshell design. Description for clamshell from donor's 1987 appraisal at Thomaston Galleries: HOOKED RUG: woolens on burlap with 1/2”-wide braided border. Dark band enclosing tight rows of dark polychrome “Clam Shells”. Good overall condition. 20th c. American Dim: 28” x 47”. Donor doesn't know if it was made on GCI, but recalls it being in her mother's GCI home when she was a child.
Hooked rug with floral design Great Cranberry Island Historical Society	Object, Furnishings, Rug	Other People			No Copyright - Non-Commercial Use Only	Hooked rug with floral design Great Cranberry Island Historical Society Identifier: gcihs-2015.331.2094 Type: Object, Furnishings, Rug Subject: Other People Description: Rug. Hooked rug, with floral design. Donor doesn't know if it was made on GCI, but recalls it being in her mother's GCI home when she was a child. Rug is hooked with stockings and fabric on burlap.
Braided rugs and pot holder by Addie Duren Great Cranberry Island Historical Society	Object, Furnishings, Rug	Other People			No Copyright - Non-Commercial Use Only	Braided rugs and pot holder by Addie Duren Great Cranberry Island Historical Society Identifier: gcihs-2016.335.2101 Type: Object, Furnishings, Rug Subject: Other People Description: Rugs: two braided multi-colored rugs; and one cloth pot holder. These three items were all made by GCI resident Addie Duren. Rug (A) is oval shaped, brightly colored reds, blues, purples, greys 46" long by 32.5" wide. Rug (B) is oval shaped, black and tan overall 56" long x 39" wide. There is a story that when the Duren house caught fire (19xx?), it was Addie's rags and rug-making materials stored in the attic that kept the fire from spreading rapidly through whole house. Pot holder (C) has crocheted edges with dancing girl and pink backing. [show more]

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