Eastlake Folding Tapestry Camp Chair

Those interested in Victorian murders (or Victorian tapestry design) will enjoy reading this.

https://lizziebordenwarpsandwefts.com/2021/05/06/a-camp-chair-and-a-sewing-machine/

The chair is described as a folding tapestry camp chair and it appears to be in the Eastlake style.  The needlepoint is quite a bit like this although the wood of the chair in the Borden house is different.  

https://external-content.duckduckgo.com/iu/?u=https%3A%2F%2Ftse1.mm.bing.net%2Fth%3Fid%3DOIP.ZtkVV5tip6q5PrKdP5hG8AHaJ4%26pid%3DApi&f=1

These are found on the antiques sites in various conditions. 

https://foter.com/victorian-folding-chairs

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Needlepoint In Lizzie's House

I'm glad I spotted some needlepoint pillows in this feed by a Fall River, Rhode Island history site since on August 4, 1892 (127 years ago today) the parents of the former owner of this house were hacked to death with an axe.  The murders didn't happen here.  Lizzie Borden moved here with her sister afterwards.  Use the side arrows to see more of the period restoration that's been done, including more needlepoint cushions.  I don't believe any of the furnishings belonged to Lizzie.  These are all added by previous and the current owner.
https://www.facebook.com/lizziebordenwarpsandwefts/photos/pcb.2579228112090159/2579228045423499/?type=3&theater

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Lizzie's Needlepoint

From the Lizzie Borden Warps and Wefts website, here are glimpses inside the bed and breakfast business's furnishings, which are period to the 1890s which is when Lizzie became famous (or infamous).   Note the footstool and the perforated paper sampler over the mantelpiece.  The bellows leaning against the fireplace may be painted or it may be stitched.  Hard to tell.
http://lizziebordenwarpsandwefts.com/2014/04/30/shopping-for-lizzie/

Any tours of Lizzie's later home Maplecroft or photos of the interior I've seen don't show any needlework, by the way.  Believe me, I watch for that!

If you are unfamiliar with Lizzie Borden, you can catch up here.
http://www.crimelibrary.com/notorious_murders/famous/borden/index_1.html

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Was She "Unkind to Her Parents"?

Now that 120 years have passed since the Borden double murder, new information is starting to appear from closed files and personal records.  I'm sorry I live too far away to make a return trip to the Historical Society.  As William Roughead said, "...one cannot have too much of a good murder."
http://www.heraldnews.com/newsletter/x1225366721/New-and-never-before-seen-Borden-items-post-mortem-pictures-on-exhibit-at-Historical-Society

The quotation in the title is from A Private Disgrace, by Victoria Lincoln, which has always been my favorite book on the Lizzie Borden case.
UPDATE:   Here's a great visual look at the case.  It repeats inaccuracies but the photographs are wonderful.
http://lizzieandrewborden.com/MondoLizzie/lizzie-borden-story/

Now we return control of Blog to my other passion, needlepoint.


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