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Design Village Floorcloths - a floorcloth for an Auction

designvillage — Thu, 18 Feb 2010 16:25:06 +0000

Design Village is proud to donate this hand Painted Floorcloth for the auction.

Weston Colonial Floorcloth #3
(Circa 1740-1840 )
Center Design:
Floor stencil design from Weston, Massachusetts

Border Design :
The Dr. Wheeler Homestead, South Britain, Connecticut

Colors:
Midnight Blue, Yellow Ochre, Meadow Green, Brown Antique Glaze

Size: 33″ x48”

Price Group C - $30/sq. ft.
Price: $330

West Windsor-Plainsboro Regional School District, West Windsor, New Jersey

The High School North Interact Club presents an “Auction for Action” on February 19, 2010, at High School North, 7 p.m.

Some of the items to be auctioned off include: yoga lessons, floorcloth, Ace hardware basket, Klean King Cleaners gift card, and much more more!

This silent auction will donate all its procees to Enable Inc, an organization that provides a variety of educational, social, rehabilitative, and vocational services to children with or without established disability or children who are at biological or environmental risk for developmental delay. These services, which are child-centered, family-focused, and delivered in a developmental context, enable individuals to realize their potential.

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Custom Floorcloths Preview Gallery 1
Custom Floorcloths Preview Gallery 2

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Design Village Floorcloths - Rosedale Floorcloth

designvillage — Mon, 15 Feb 2010 19:57:47 +0000

The motif is from May House, Woodstock, Connecticut and the border design is from Ebenezer Waters house, West Sutton, Massachusetts. This custom floorcloth is now in finishing room and ready to ship for a client in Pennsylvania. The size of the floorcloth is 4′ x 6′. The background color is Tan and motifs are done in Cranberry Red and the border is stenciled in black.

Click above picture to see this custom floorcloth while work in progress.

Floorcloths done in similar design can be seen on the link below in our preview gallery. After we complete the stenciling for every custom floorcloth, we display the pictures in preview gallery.

Custom Floorcloths Preview Gallery 1
Custom Floorcloths Preview Gallery 2

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Floorcloth with Hearts

designvillage — Thu, 11 Feb 2010 18:10:27 +0000

The motif is from the Sage House, the Sage House, South Sandisfield, Massachusetts and the border from Leavenworth-Dennison House, Hinesburg, Vermont. This floorcloth is ready to ship for a client in Massachusetts. This floorcloth is 6′3″ wide by 10′6″ long. The background color is Pine Yellow and the stenciling is done in cranberry red and navy blue. Brown antique glaze has been applied to the floorcloth for an aged look.

Click above picture to see this custom floorcloth while work in progress.

Floorcloths done in similar design can be seen on the link below in our preview gallery. After we complete the steciling for every custom floorcloth, we display the pictures in preview gallery.

Custom Floorcloths Preview Gallery 1
Custom Floorcloths Preview Gallery 2

Click Here to to see entire collection of
Historic Collection Floorcloths

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designvillage — Fri, 05 Feb 2010 13:50:05 +0000

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June 2009 - National Magazine Honors Design Village

designvillage — Thu, 18 Jun 2009 17:24:07 +0000

June 2009— Design Village won the highest award as a traditional artisan in this year’s Directory of Traditional American Crafts, and their work is showcased in the latest issue of Early American Life magazine. Design Village ranks top in their field, according to a panel of national experts convened by the magazine. The experts—curators from such prestigious institutions as the American Folk Art Museum, Canterbury Shaker Village, George Washington’s Mount Vernon, Heritage Center of Lancaster County, Kent State University, Old Sturbridge Village, Shelburne Museum, Southern Highland Guild, and Strawbery Banke Museum as well as antiques dealers, independent scholars, and professional instructors—selected the top craftspeople working with traditional tools and techniques for the magazine’s 24th annual Directory of Traditional American Crafts. Design Village’s handcrafted painted canvas rugs / floorcloths in historic designs showed mastery of the art form, heritage techniques, and workmanship, according to the judges.

The Directory of Traditional American Crafts is a special listing that appears in the August 2009 issue of Early American Life, a national magazine focusing on architecture, decorative arts, period style, and social history from colonial times through the mid-19th Century. The Directory has been used for the past two decades by curators at living history museums, owners of traditional homes, and motion picture producers for finding artisans to make period-appropriate furnishings and accessories for displays, collections, and use.

“The judges look for authentic design and workmanship, whether the piece is a faithful reproduction or the artisan’s interpretation of period style,” said Tess Rosch, publisher of Early American Life. “Scholarship, as well as use of period tools and techniques, is particularly valued in this competition.”

One goal of the Directory is to help preserve traditional handcrafts, part of our culture that is rapidly being lost in the digital age. Many of these skills were passed down from master to apprentice for hundreds of years, but now few new people choose to learn and master them. “If our traditional arts are lost, we have forgotten a part of who we are as Americans,” Rosch said.

The August issue of Early American Life, on newsstands June 23, lists all artisans selected for the Directory as well as contact information for those wanting to own their work. The Directory layout features lush color photos of many of these artworks, photographed at George Mason’s historic home, Gunston Hall, in Virginia.

2009 Selection - Diamond Pattern with Lunenburg Motif - Historic Collection
Authentic floor design from Lunenburg, Massachusetts

Jackson House Floorcloth in Situ

designvillage — Mon, 05 Jan 2009 16:42:30 +0000

Jackson House Floorcloth details:
Border Design Origin: Battey Barden or Jackson Swann House, Scituate, Rhode Island
Inside Motif: Edward Durant House, Newton, Mass
Floorcloth Size: 84″x97″
Colors: Pine Yellow, Williamsburg Blue, Black, Cranberry Red, Spanish Red, Brown Antique Glaze

Jackson Swann House Floorcloth

designvillage — Thu, 20 Nov 2008 00:23:27 +0000

Design Origin: Border Design: Jackson Swann House, Scituate, Rhode Island Motif: Edward Durant House, Newton, Massachusetts This is the first time Jackson Swann House floorcloth is done in a large size. The colors of the custom floorcloth has been modified as per clients preference. The beuaty of this floorcloth is revealed in the large size. Here are the pictures of the floorcloth.

Floorcloth after applying the brown antique glaze and folding up the edges.

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Stock Floorcloths, Table Runners upto 30% off plus Free Shipping

designvillage — Wed, 19 Nov 2008 02:48:20 +0000

Floorcloth in Stock * Ready to Ship *

Order before Dec. 1st, 2008 *Free shipping on all US orders

For more details visit http://www.floorcloth.net/in_stock.shtml

Diamonds with Lunenburg Motif Floorcloth

Vintage Brocade Floorcloth

Lunenburg Floorcloth

Pennsylvania Dutch Floorcloth #5

Cutler House Floorcloth

Benjamin Pierce Floorcloth

Early American Quilt Floorcloth

Colonial Flower Floorcloth

Early American Pineapple Floorcloth

Isaac Buck House Floorcloth #7

Valley of Flowers

Blue Willow Floorcloth

Diamond Pattern with Sage House Border

Bump Tavern Floorcloth

Weston Colonial Floorcloth

Edward Durant House Floorcloth

Vintage Damask Floorcloth

Nantucket Floorcloth

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Early American Flowers Floorcloth

designvillage — Fri, 17 Oct 2008 14:17:06 +0000

The flower motif is from Capt. Noah Wood House South
Woodstock, Vermont, corner motif from Ebenezer Waters house,
West Sutton, Massachusetts. border form Daniel Kingsbury house,

Brookfield, Vermont

Early American Flowers Floorcloth 1 - Barnyard Red
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Early American Flowers Floorcloth 2 - Pine Yellow
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Early American Flowers Floorcloth 3 - Navy Blue
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Early American Flowers Floorcloth 4 - Spanish Red

The flower motif is from Capt. Noah Wood House South Woodstock,
Vermont, corner motif from Ebenezer Waters house, West Sutton, Massachusetts. Border stencil from Leavenworth Dennison House,
Hinesburg, Vermont
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Early American Flowers Floorcloth 5 - Pine Yellow
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Floorcloth for the Bent’s Old Fort - National Historic Site

designvillage — Fri, 26 Sep 2008 19:09:40 +0000

Design Village has been commissioned by the National Park Service to make a second floorcloth for the Bent’s Old Fort Historic Site.

Bent’s Old Fort is an 1833 fort located in Otero County, Colorado, USA. William and Charles Bent, along with Ceran St. Vrain, built the fort to trade with Southern Cheyenne and Arapaho Plains Indians and trappers for buffalo robes. For much of its 16-year history, the fort was the only major permanent white settlement on the Santa Fe Trail between Missouri and the Mexican settlements. It was destroyed under mysterious circumstances in 1849.

The area of the fort was designated a National Historic Site under the National Park Service on June 3, 1960. It was further designated a National Historic Landmark later that year on December 19, 1960. The fort was reconstructed and is open to the public.

About this floorcloth: Design: Bump Tavern. Dimensions: 7′ x15′ ( 84″x180″ ). Colors: Pine Yellow, Hunter Green and Williamsburg Blue.

Here are some of the pictures taken while the floorcloth is in under construction.

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