Cloth Fragment
- Object Name:
- Cloth Fragment
- Object ID:
- 1993.009.02
- Date:
- 1780-1790
- Description:
- Cloth fragment. Framed copperplate printed textile document, from Senator Chandler's house in the Waterloo section of Warner, NH. Pastoral print. Evergreen branches frame vignettes of boy and girl in country settings. Images in brown ink on beige cotton. Printed paper label on back of frame, "FOSTER BROTHERS, / 4 PARK SQUARE, / BOSTON. / PICTURES AND FRAMES. / Order No. 1680".
- Material:
- Textile
Cotton - Dimensions:
- H-34 L-27 inches
- Provenance:
- One of two framed copper plate printed textile documents, from Senator Chandler's house in the Waterloo section of Warner, NH. Both images are brown ink on beige cotton, and mounted on gilt frames.
Mrs. Carl Gesen of Concord, NH, received the prints from her mother, Mrs. Charles Jackman. Donated to NHHS after noticing similar textile on exhibit at NHHS (1944.004).
Mrs. Charles Jackman purchased the prints at auction of the estate of U.S. Senator William E. Chandler (1835-1917) of Concord, NH, c. 1917. Auction held at Chandler's summer estate in Waterloo section of Warner, NH. - Credit Line:
- Gift of Margaret Jackman Gesen
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