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Card Table Cover
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| Accession #: | 3592.5 |
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| Title: | Card Table Cover |
| Object Type: | Tablecloth |
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| Physical Description: | Card table cover in off-white cotton bordered with black bias tape. Each corner has a strip of red diagonal bias tape, a plant embroidered in lime-green, and the head of a woman with a large collar and a hat. Each woman's hat is decorated with one symbol from a pack of cards: a heart, club, diamond, or spade. |
| Description: | Iris Nilsson Fruin was an accomplished needle worker. She immigrated from Sweden in 1915, and worked as a 2nd maid at Spokane's Campbell House, 1918-1919, leaving to marry Leonard "Jack" Fruin by 1920. Her collection of letters, photographs and documents from Sweden provide an intimate view of her Swedish family's struggles during World War I. Iris also preserved samples of her needlework: embroidered tablecloths, pillowcases edged with crocheted or tatted lace, and a colorfully embroidered 1920s card table cover. |
| Category: | Campbell Collection |
| Subjects/Topics/Concepts: |
Household (Tools & Equipment)
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| Geographical Reference: | Campbell House (Washington->Spokane County->Spokane) |
| Dimensions: |
Object L x W 31 1/2 x 30"
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| Materials/Techniques: |
cotton (Material)
embroidery (Technique)
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| Credit Line: | Gift of Bruce Fruin, 1991 |
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