Cloth Fragment
- Object Name:
- Cloth Fragment
- Object ID:
- 1975.056.04
- Place of Origin:
- Colchester, CT
- Date:
- 1800-1840
- Description:
- Textile fragment. Beige linen damask with crossed branches forming a diamond with an eight-pointed leaf cluster at center. Coarse undyed linen warp and buffed weft yarns. Machine stitched. Two hemmed edges, one edge hemmed .5" vertically intersects with edge hemmed 1" horizontally with 6" unfinished to the corner. Two raw edges.
- Material:
- Textile
Linen - Dimensions:
- W-26 L-10.5 inches
- Provenance:
- A lady in Colchester, CT, bought yards of this material from the Willards when she lived in the Jonathan Deming house and made them into curtains. She gave what was left when curtains wore out to Mrs. Ohberg. Said to have been "dancing sheets" pieces rolled over the rugs in the 3rd story ballroom. David Deming was a textile manufacturer in Colchester. Given to donor by Mrs. Ernest Ohberg, Colchester, CT, 01/20/1966.
- Credit Line:
- Gift of William L. Warren
- Subjects:
- Decoration, Interior
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