Canvasworks Floorcloths
- Greek Key Border, based on a late nineteenth century linoleum, North Andover, Massachusetts.
Three patterns from Historic New England’s collections have been reproduced by Canvasworks Floorcloths. Each design is based on an original document from a historic house in New England.
The use of painted canvas floorcoverings, also known as “oyl cloths,” dates as far back as the fourteenth century in Europe. Colonial Americans were looking for ways to reproduce some of the furnishings they were used to back home. Canvas was more readily available than other rug and carpet supplies, and the ease of cleaning made floorcloths particularly desirable.
Canvasworks Floorcloths creates a variety of designs from historical reproductions to modern geometrics to intricate stamped and stenciled patterns. Cloths are available in sizes ranging from 2’ x 3’ to 8’ x 10’ and custom sizes can be ordered.
- Stars and Flowers, based on a floor cloth remnant c. 1890, South Woodstock, Connecticut.
Canvasworks floorcloths are made from cotton heavyweight canvas with a sewn hem and mitered corners. Each floorcloth is put through a series of steps to ensure a finished piece which will lie flat and maintain its shape, colors and finish for years to come. For more information and to order a cloth, please go to Canvasworks Floorcloths.
