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  AMERICAN 
  HOMES 
  AND 
  GARDENS 
  

  

  March, 
  1907 
  

  

  some 
  native 
  helpers) 
  sit 
  day 
  by 
  day 
  producing 
  a 
  great 
  variety 
  

   of 
  art 
  fabrics 
  in 
  cotton, 
  wool, 
  and 
  linen. 
  Their 
  flax 
  is 
  spun 
  

   for 
  them 
  in 
  Ireland, 
  as 
  is 
  their 
  cotton 
  and 
  wool 
  here, 
  and 
  all 
  

   are 
  dyed 
  at 
  a 
  neighboring 
  town 
  by 
  a 
  man 
  who 
  has 
  had 
  the 
  

   secrets 
  of 
  certain 
  colors 
  handed 
  down 
  to 
  him 
  from 
  his 
  grand- 
  

   parents. 
  

  

  Interesting, 
  indeed, 
  is 
  it 
  to 
  see 
  the 
  looms 
  in 
  operation, 
  to 
  

   watch 
  the 
  shuttles 
  passed 
  back 
  and 
  forth 
  and 
  see 
  the 
  pattern 
  

   forming 
  and 
  the 
  fabric 
  growing; 
  interesting 
  to 
  see 
  the 
  warp 
  

   wound 
  on 
  the 
  great, 
  gaunt, 
  upright, 
  revolving 
  frame, 
  then 
  

   braided 
  and 
  made 
  ready; 
  or 
  even 
  to 
  see 
  the 
  skeins 
  of 
  bright 
  

   colored 
  yarns 
  awaiting 
  in 
  separate 
  rows 
  and 
  boxes 
  transferred 
  

   to 
  the 
  busy 
  shuttles. 
  But 
  more 
  interesting 
  still 
  is 
  it, 
  with 
  this 
  

   in 
  mind, 
  to 
  examine 
  the 
  finished 
  product, 
  note 
  its 
  variety, 
  its 
  

   perfect 
  workmanship 
  and 
  intrinsic 
  charm. 
  There 
  are 
  rugs 
  

   made 
  after 
  the 
  manner 
  of 
  rag 
  carpets, 
  bedspreads 
  and 
  cur- 
  

   tains 
  made 
  in 
  the 
  fashion 
  of 
  those 
  of 
  our 
  great-grandparents' 
  

  

  

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  .? 
  

  

  1 
  2 
  3 
  

  

  " 
  Hearthside 
  " 
  Products 
  

  

  1 
  Double 
  Bow-knot 
  Bedspread. 
  2 
  Linen 
  Table 
  Cover 
  

  

  3 
  " 
  Governor's 
  Garden 
  " 
  Table 
  Cover 
  

  

  time, 
  pillow 
  and 
  table 
  covers 
  of 
  cotton 
  and 
  silk, 
  linen 
  for 
  

   dress 
  patterns 
  and 
  for 
  towels, 
  scarfs 
  for 
  bureaus 
  and 
  pianos, 
  

   all 
  woven 
  simply 
  and 
  yet 
  exquisitely. 
  Silk 
  and 
  wool 
  have 
  

   been 
  combined, 
  mercerized 
  cotton 
  much 
  employed, 
  and 
  differ- 
  

   ent 
  effects 
  produced 
  by 
  a 
  changing 
  of 
  the 
  warp 
  as 
  well 
  as 
  the 
  

   woof. 
  Many 
  of 
  the 
  designs, 
  such 
  as 
  the 
  "Governor's 
  Gar- 
  

   den," 
  "Sun, 
  Moon, 
  and 
  Stars," 
  "Solomon's 
  Delight," 
  "New 
  

   Hampshire 
  Beauty," 
  "Orange 
  Peel," 
  and 
  "Double 
  Bow- 
  

   knot," 
  have 
  been 
  copied 
  accurately 
  from 
  old 
  samples, 
  but 
  

   others 
  have 
  been 
  originated 
  and 
  applied. 
  All 
  are 
  produced 
  

   by 
  a 
  mere 
  variation 
  of 
  lines 
  and 
  spaces, 
  and 
  are 
  entirely 
  

  

  

  fflUffi 
  

  

  Cotton 
  Rugs 
  From 
  the 
  " 
  Hearthside" 
  Looms 
  

  

  conventional. 
  Their 
  color 
  arrangements 
  are 
  exceedingly 
  

   pleasing, 
  and 
  their 
  decorative 
  feeling 
  most 
  pronounced. 
  

  

  Both 
  Mr. 
  and 
  Mrs. 
  Talbot 
  had 
  a 
  certain 
  amount 
  of 
  artistic 
  

   training 
  before 
  they 
  turned 
  to 
  this 
  industry, 
  which 
  with 
  

   inborn 
  taste 
  and 
  natural 
  inclination 
  undoubtedly 
  furthered 
  

   their 
  success; 
  but 
  they 
  brought 
  to 
  it 
  besides, 
  perennial 
  inter- 
  

   est 
  and 
  unflagging 
  enthusiasm 
  and 
  these 
  manifest 
  themselves 
  

   in 
  the 
  spontaneity 
  of 
  their 
  work, 
  and 
  infect, 
  most 
  happily, 
  

   their 
  helpers. 
  They 
  are 
  not 
  the 
  only 
  workers 
  in 
  this 
  field; 
  

   what 
  they 
  have 
  done 
  others 
  can 
  do 
  and 
  are 
  doing, 
  but 
  there 
  is 
  

   something 
  peculiarly 
  delightful 
  about 
  the 
  environment 
  in 
  

   which 
  their 
  industry 
  is 
  carried 
  on 
  — 
  something 
  notably 
  attrac- 
  

   tive 
  in 
  the 
  art 
  of 
  their 
  producions. 
  The 
  spirit 
  of 
  such 
  work 
  

   is 
  that 
  which 
  animates 
  the 
  arts 
  and 
  crafts 
  movement 
  — 
  a 
  re- 
  

   turn 
  to 
  the 
  day 
  when 
  the 
  workman 
  took 
  pride 
  in 
  his 
  product 
  

   and 
  good 
  taste 
  prevailed. 
  The 
  old 
  house, 
  its 
  antique 
  furni- 
  

   ture, 
  its 
  quaint 
  attic 
  and 
  busy 
  looms 
  together 
  with 
  its 
  hos- 
  

   pitable 
  and 
  contented 
  indwellers 
  seem 
  closely 
  akin, 
  and 
  while 
  

   harking 
  back 
  to 
  the 
  past 
  point 
  to 
  a 
  better 
  way 
  for 
  the 
  future. 
  

  

  

  