Claire Thibault. Rug Hooker. Fabric artist. Baie-Saint-Paul, Charlevoix County, Quebec. Active mid-20th century.
Claire Thibault made hooked mats in Charlevoix County in the studio of Georges-Edouard Tremblay. She hooked the designs of Tremblay and put her own initials ‘C T’ in a lower corner of the mats and occasionally the mark of the designer (G E T) is also hooked into the mat. An example is shown below. She also had a label with her name and the Tremblay studio name that sometimes can be seen on her mats.
A hooked mat from the Tremblay studio hooked and signed by Claire Thibault:
Hooked mat by Claire Thibault. Signed C T and G E T. 1950’s.
The reverse showing the label:
Hooked mat by Claire Thibault. The Reverse.
The label of Claire Thibault and Georges-Edouard Tremblay:
The Label of Claire Thibault and Georges-Edouard Tremblay.
