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Object Record
Images
Metadata
Item ID# |
2009.019.001 |
Object Name |
Tapestry |
Description |
One wall hanging. Top of hanging has a rectangular piece of wood threaded through it. On the wood is a small paper sticker with "190" on it in brown marker. Tapestry itself is rectangular in shape and made of white wool. Woven into the white wool are geometric lines and shapes of orange, brown and ecru coloured wool. These shapes and lines differ in height from the white background. The bottom of the tapestry has white knotted tassels. Strung to the top is a piece of driftwood that serves as a hanging mechanism. Attached to the back by a pin is a note on paper about the work. |
Artist |
Ruth Arnsberger |
Provenance |
Ruth Sandli was born in Norderhov, Norway on April 22, 1922. Ruth studied art at Klemtsrud School and Norwegian Art Academy at Oslo, and spent three years at the Gird Smith Weaving School, also in Oslo. She studied watercolour under Claus Pack, Vienna Art Academy (thanks to a UNESCO Scholarship) and Water Phillips at the Banff School of Fine Art. She came to Ontario in the mid 1950s, travelling back to Norway briefly before settling in the Wiarton area where she and her husband Orlo Arnsberger ran the Cliffside Resort at the top of Spragge Hill. Ruth was known, not only for her weaving and tapestries, but also for her watercolour painting and as designer of the Bruce Trail Cairn, unveiled on June 10, 1967 in Tobermory. She also enjoyed sharing the love of her art with others, teaching at many places and sharing her talents. Ruth was a founding member of the Pottawatomi Spinners and Weavers Guild and restored Emily Carr’s rugs for the Tom Thomson Art Gallery. |
Dimensions |
W-14.567 L-29.134 inches |
Lexicon category |
8: Communication Artifact |
Search Terms & Subjects |
Art |
Places |
Wiarton |
People |
Arnsberger, Ruth |