Sheet
- Object Name:
- Sheet
- Object ID:
- 1965.038.02
- Creator:
- Wallace, Mary
- Place of Origin:
- Londonderry, NH
- Date:
- 1770-1775
- Description:
- Sheet. White handwoven linen, constructed of two widths that are seamed selvedge-to-selvedge up the center. Each selvedge width is about 35.5 inches. Top and bottom edges are hemmed; sides are selvedge. Marked in ecru silk cross stitch "E. W." near top center, and in ink script "Elizabeth Patterson / No. 7" near one corner of top edge. There are remnants of an indecipherable linen embroidered marking at the center bottom of the sheet.
- Material:
- Textile
Linen - Dimensions:
- W-71 L-92 inches
- Provenance:
- Sheet woven by "Ocean Born Mary" for her daughter Elizabeth, before her marriage to Thomas Patterson in 1775.
- Credit Line:
- Gift of Robert R. Patterson
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