| Stitched
by: |
Lone
Star Chapter |
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| Project: |
Houston Past and
Present |
| Location: |
Julia Ideson Library, Houston,
Texas |
| Designers: |
Carroll
Corson, Pat Blailock, Sue Stewart, Billie Spicer, Dot Slator, Judy Lehman, Jean Graves, Judy Grant |
| Description: |
8' x 8' wall hanging consisting of 24 blocks surrounding the City of Houston
Seal. The blocks depict fashion, architecture, entertainment, landmarks, occupations and future strivings. The four corners are composed of collages representing Houston's
culture, sports, landmarks and business, energy and economics. |
| Presented: |
1986 |
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| Project: |
Three Victorian-style three-piece
Lambrequins |
| Location: |
Pillot House,
Houston, Texas |
| Designer: |
Marjorie Littlejohn |
| Description: |
The floral pattern is executed in Berlin work technique |
| Presented: |
1991 |
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| Project: |
Twenty-two Chair Seats |
| Location: |
Lady
Bird Johnson National Wildflower Center,
Austin, Texas |
| Designer: |
Vicki Fallon |
| Description: |
The
center was established under the direction of Lady Bird Johnson, wife
of President Lyndon B. Johnson, in an effort to "beautify"
America. Each chair seat has a botanical design of wildflowers
indigenous to various places in the nation. The background reflects
the stonework found in the buildings at the Center. |
| Presented: |
April,
1999 |
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| Project: |
Rienzi Rug |
| Location: |
Rienzi Museum, Houston, Texas |
| Designer: |
Vicki Fallon |
| Description: |
In 1959, Houston arts patron Harris Masterson III talked his wife, Carroll, and other members of his family and friends into making a needlepoint rug. In a year’s time, they created 27 squares with designs of family heraldry and floral arrangements, and combined them into a vibrant embroidery 14 feet long and 6 feet wide. The rug was integral to Rienzi, the Masterson family home on Kirby in River Oaks, where it lay on the floor for four decades. As might be expected, the rug suffered wear and tear. In 1991, the Mastersons announced their decision to bequeath Rienzi and its contents to the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston. Eight years later, the family home opened to the public as the museum’s wing of European decorative arts, but the rug, too fragile to remain in place, was put in storage. Then in August 2001, the American Needlepoint Guild, Lone Star Chapter, offered to replicate the carpet. More than 72 volunteers, 40 months and over 1 million stitches of Persian yarn later, the re-created Masterson carpet is on view at Rienzi, 1406 Kirby Drive. |
| Dedicated: |
December 4, 2004 |
