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Nom de l'objet : Tapestry (Hooked)
Artiste ou artisan : Aucoin, Annie Louise; Aucoin, Lucie; Deveau, Annie; Deveau, Elizabeth
Fabricant : Unknown
Nom du marchand : Unknown
Date de fin de production : 19330000
Matériaux : Wool; Burlap
Technique de fabrication : Hooked
Description : A rectangular hooked tapestry; border is a light shade of green with multicolored flowers, the midsection is black complimented by a rich floral design in the background.
Commentaires : Agnes MacFarland was the wife of Joseph MacFarland, the superintendent of the gypsum mine at Chéticamp. They arrived in 1923 from Boston and stayed in Chéticamp until the mine closed in 1939 after which they moved to Halifax. Mrs. MacFarland learned to hook rugs from her maid, Rose Anna Chiasson, and used them throughout her house. Although there is evidence dating hooked rugs back to the third and seventh centuries CE, hooked rugs did not appear in Nova Scotia until the mid 1800's. Scraps left over from quilting or textile work were cut into strips and hooked into burlap backing using crochet-type hooks. The designs varied from simple to elaborate depending on the experience and creativity of the artist. Beginning in the 1920's, peddlers would go door-to-door and trade their merchandise for hooked rugs which they in turn sold in larger centres. The cottage industry, however, only became viable in Chéticamp with the arrival of Lillian Burke. Burke was an artist from New York who summered in Baddeck with Alexander Graham Bell's daughter, Marian Fairchild. The pair sought to establish a handcraft industry in the area and chose rug hooking as it was already popular. Burke sought to improve the designs by teaching new dying techniques and establishing exacting standards for the quality of the tapestries. The finished rugs would be sent to her in Baddeck and she would sell them in New York. The women were paid by square foot of rug crafted at the rate of seventy-five or eighty cents in 1938-39. The industry was needed during the economic depression of the 1930's. There was, however, growing discontent amongst some of the rug hookers when it was discovered that Burke made a large profit by buying the rugs at a low price and selling them at a much higher one. In 1936, a group of rug makers created a petition asking for a dollar a square foot in payment. When Burke refused, the group decided to split off and work under another agent. Under the leadership of Marie (à Charlie à Lubin) Aucoin, this offshoot group established markets across Canada and the United States.
Dimensions : 305 x 366 (cm) (long. x larg.)
Établissement : Museum of the Hooked Rug (Les Trois Pignons). Cheticamp (NS)
Numéro d'accession : 851-1002
Catégorie de l'objet : Communication Artifacts
Sous-catégorie de l'objet : Art