Featured Mats
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NBMR2012.23.1 | mat
This mat features an impressive central motif of sculpted flowers accentuated by a restrained background. Skilfully and carefully hooked, a technique that the maker learned from Marie‑Louise Allard Blanchard, who operated a well‑known textile business, in Caraquet, NB.
This mat features an impressive central motif of sculpted flowers accentuated by a restrained background. Skilfully and carefully hooked, a technique that the maker learned from Marie‑Louise Allard Blanchard, who operated a well‑known textile business, in Caraquet, NB.
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NBMR2018.5.2 | mat
The maker was taught to hook by her mother, Bessie Roberts, and made her first mat at age nine. In addition to making mats for home use, in her later years she made them to commemorate family events such as the birth of a great‑grandchild. The original design of this mat is charming for its effective combination of outline and fill for the figures, the free‑form landscape as well as the "Hit or Miss" border.
The maker was taught to hook by her mother, Bessie Roberts, and made her first mat at age nine. In addition to making mats for home use, in her later years she made them to commemorate family events such as the birth of a great‑grandchild. The original design of this mat is charming for its effective combination of outline and fill for the figures, the free‑form landscape as well as the "Hit or Miss" border.
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2017.41 | mat
This is an excellent example of what is known in the Maritimes as an "inch" mat. This particular pattern is known as Boston Sidewalk. This mat was registered in our first registry in 2009 and selected to represent the NBMR brand.
This is an excellent example of what is known in the Maritimes as an "inch" mat. This particular pattern is known as Boston Sidewalk. This mat was registered in our first registry in 2009 and selected to represent the NBMR brand.
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NBMR2016.5 | mat
This mat was found in a house built in the 1800s at Lutes Mountain, NB, owned by five generations of the same family. This unusual original design is made of recycled fabrics made from all natural materials and likely hand‑dyed. The dynamic visual impact is a result of a careful choice of colours along the edge of the central motif.
This mat was found in a house built in the 1800s at Lutes Mountain, NB, owned by five generations of the same family. This unusual original design is made of recycled fabrics made from all natural materials and likely hand‑dyed. The dynamic visual impact is a result of a careful choice of colours along the edge of the central motif.
