Cloth Fragment
- Object Name:
- Cloth Fragment
- Object ID:
- 1985.021
- Creator:
- Sanger Williams
- Place of Origin:
- Claremont, NH
- Date:
- 1840-1860
- Description:
- Hat lining. From Sanger Williams, Claremont, NH. White silk taffeta, ribbed warp faced plain weave. Center embossed design of a circle within a six-pointed star surrounded by a ring of connected but alternating clusters of leaves and berries followed by laurels. Circle within star contains printed label: "SANGER WILLIAMS, / CLAREMONT, NH / SUPERIOR / BRUSH HATS." Four embossed roses, one on each corner. Selvedge on one side. Three raw edges. Hand basted with running stitches to one corner of 15" x 10" piece of blue tissue.
- Material:
- Textile
Silk
Paper - Dimensions:
- W-8 L-8 inches
- Provenance:
- Found in collections of Northampton (MA) Historical Society.
- Credit Line:
- New Hampshire Historical Society Purchase
- Subjects:
- Hats, Silk, Stars, Flowers, Millinery, Millinery stores, Hat industry, Embossed works, Embossed prints
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