Cloth Fragment
- Object Name:
- Cloth Fragment
- Object ID:
- 1982.101.01
- Place of Origin:
- United States
- Date:
- 1865
- Description:
- Textile fragment. Triangle. One of a set of 12 cards compiled by a textile historian. See objects 1982.101.01-12. Worn by women of Claremont, NH, in mourning for Abraham Lincoln. Plain-woven cotton printed pattern of alternating wide black and patterned stripes with a narrow white stripe. Includes a hand written paper label, "Calico worn as mourning for / Abraham Lincoln by women of / Claremont, N.H." Three raw edges.
- Material:
- Textile
Cotton
Paper - Dimensions:
- W-3 L-6 inches
- Provenance:
- Complied by a textile historian. Worn by women of Claremont, NH, in mourning for Abraham Lincoln.
- Credit Line:
- Gift of William L. Warren
- People:
- Lincoln, Abraham (1809-1865)
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