Nightcap
- Object Name:
- Nightcap
- Object ID:
- 2000.012.12
- Creator:
- Tuttle, Ellen Maria Flanders
- Place of Origin:
- East Andover, NH
- Date:
- 1850-1870
- Description:
- Nightcap. White cotton. Ribbon ric-rac trim along face opening and along center seam. Signature written on side (exterior), cursive, India ink, "E. M. Flanders."
- Material:
- Textile
Cotton - Dimensions:
- H-8.5 L-7 inches
- Provenance:
- Note from donor about 2000.012.11-.13: "3 night caps; one with lace trim, one with handmade ric rack, and the other of a cotton knitted fabric.... The garments were made by my paternal great-grandmother Ellen Maria Flanders Tuttle, a dress maker and milliner from East Andover, NH. Wife of Weare Drake Tuttle. Sister of Dr. Charles Flanders, Manchester, NH. These garments were ... used as teaching tools for my Historic Costume and Design course at Hesser College in Manchester, NH."
- Credit Line:
- Gift of Anne Landini
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