Lillian Burke, an American artist and artisan, was instrumental in the development of the Ch\u00e9ticamp hooked-rug cottage industry in the 1920s. With the support of Alexander Graham Bell\u2019s younger daughter Marian, \u201cBurkie\u201d as she was affectionately known, breathed new life into Mabel Bell\u2019s Cape Breton Home Industries during the tough years of the Great Depression. Lillian\u2019s innovative rug designs introduced graceful motifs of flowers, birds, forest animals, garlands and trellises, worked in hand-dyed home-spun yarn in a distinctive palette of soft, muted tones. The rugs that the women of Ch\u00e9ticamp created under Burke\u2019s supervision were soon commissioned by the elite decorators of New York and other major fashion centres. Lillian\u2019s 1937 \u2018Savonnerie\u2019 carpet\u2019 is considered a masterpiece. It took Lillian three months to block out the 18\u2019-by-36\u2019 burlap underlay; and it took the expert rug hookers of Ch\u00e9ticamp six months and over 125 colours to create what was said to be the largest hand-hooked rug of its time.
\nThe Story of Lillian Burke is the biography of a remarkable woman whose multi-faceted career spanned five decades. Schooled in the tradition of the Anglo-American Arts and Crafts Movement, she wore many hats. She was an inspiring art teacher and an accomplished artisan, as well as a pioneer in the field of occupational therapy, having worked overseas as a \u2018reconstruction aide\u2019 during WWI and in later years as a therapist at the New York State Psychiatric Institute.
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