Sleeve

Object Name:

Sleeve

Object ID:

1956.156 a-b

Date:

circa 1798

Description:

Pair of sleeves. Full wide sleeves gathered into buttoned wrist-band. Edged with lace, finished at top with hem and cotton drawstring. Made of soft white linen leno weave fabric with alternating woven bands of horizontal stripes and interwoven circles, separated by bands of open warp threads.

Material:

Textile
Linen

Dimensions:

L-16.5 inches

Provenance:

Note with sleeves, "countess of Rumford's 1798". Owned by Sarah Thompson, Countess Rumford (1774-1852).

Credit Line:

Gift of Marion A. Elkin

People:

Rumford, Thompson, Sarah (1774-1852)