Cloth Fragment
- Object Name:
- Cloth Fragment
- Object ID:
- 1994.006.42.1
- Creator:
- Schumacher & Co.
Manufacturer - Date:
- 1950-1965
- Description:
- Cloth Fragment. Fabric swatch, cut from bolt. Screen print (brown, red, pink, green, yellow) 100% cotton fabric, showing crazy quilt pattern with New England image vignettes. Images include "Harbor at Portsmouth", "The Flume Bridge", "Clipper Ship "Dreadnaught", "Old State House Boston", "Old Street in Marblehead", "Old North Church", "Grist Mill at Wayside Inn", "Birthplace of Daniel Webster". Two selvedges, two raw cut ends. Selvedge edge reads, "HISTORIC NEW ENGLAND A Schumacher SCREEN PRINT / ALL VAT COLORS". Schumacher tag attached with wire clip at bolt corner.
- Material:
- Textile
Cotton - Dimensions:
- W-36 L-32.5 inches
- Provenance:
- Jane Chworowsky (1929-1993), was born in PA and raised in Newport, NH. She attended Plymouth State College, and briefly taught English in Charlestown, NH (1953-55). She ran an antiques business -- Jane's Cabin Antiques -- at her home in Croydon, NH. She bequeathed the contents of her home and business to NHHS.
- Credit Line:
- Bequest of Jane Lee Chworowsky
- People:
- Chworowsky, Jane (1929-1993)
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