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Listen: The Assorted Selections ProgramAda Mickler displaying her Spanish drawnwork in Saint Augustine, Florida.
Image Number
Photographer
Date
Rights
Collection
Series 1577, Box 16, FF8
Geographic Term
Subject Term
Woven goods
Domestic arts
Ethnicity, Minorcan
Ethnicity, European
Craft
Spanish drawnwork
Minorcan Americans--Florida--Saint Augustine
Material culture--Florida--Saint Augustine
Decorative arts
Handicraft
Textile crafts
Needlework
Fancy work
Drawn-work
Women artisans--Florida--Saint Augustine
Women weavers
Weaving
Personal Subjects
Physical Description
General Note
Accompanying note: "Ada Mickler, at 69, is a woman of many talents. Aside from her castnet work (see net on display) she makes jelly and vinegar from the Spanish Datel pepper, raises and butchers her own hogs and she does handwork of all types. As she puts it...'Time is too precious, I keep busy.' This delicate handweaving is an example of 'Spanish drawnwork.' Ms. Mickler draws three threads out from the surrounding linen material and leaves three threads intact. She works around the open center weaving her background squares with an ordinary sewing needle. She then takes linen thread and weaves her motif on top of the background."
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