Hanging, Bed

Object Name:

Hanging, Bed

Object ID:

1983.002.29.1

Place of Origin:

England

Date:

1770-1800

Description:

Bed curtain. Probably owned by Eliphalet and Patience (Evans) Coffin, Dover, NH, 1770-1800. One of a matching set of three. Made of green harateen (also harrateen), plain weave with woolen weft and worsted warp yarns, with a hot cylinder pressed water pattern with a 34" repeat. Constructed from two 27" wide panels backstitch hemmed 0.25" with brown linen thread at selvedges. Selvedges on two sides. Stitch remnants on both selvedge edges. One side pressed under 0.25", still hemmed to a 16" x 0.25". fragment near bottom edge. Top edge trimmed with 0.5" woven jute or hemp tape, darted, stitched, and looped at 5.5" increments with a brass or bronze metal loop. Ten total metal loops. Bottom edge raw but pressed up 0.125" with brown stitch remnants throughout. 1" fragment of red trim attached to top left corner.

Material:

Textile
Wool
Bast
Linen
Brass
Bronze

Dimensions:

W-53 L-74 inches

Provenance:

Gift of George F. Sawyer, Durham, NH, and Charles H. Sawyer, Ann Arbor, MI. Collected by the Sawyer family. "From Coffin House, Dover, NH" written on attached label. This was the home of Eliphalet and Patience (Evans) Coffin of Dover.

Credit Line:

Gift of George F. Sawyer and Charles H. Sawyer

People:

Coffin, Eliphalet (1742-1808), Coffin, Patience (1745-1825), Sawyer, George F. (1902-1992), Sawyer, Charles H. (1906-2005)

Subjects:

Wool, Bed curtain, Bedding, Textiles cylinder printed, Linen, Hemp, Harrateen