Cloth Fragment
- Object Name:
- Cloth Fragment
- Object ID:
- 1994.006.42.2-.3
- Creator:
- Schumacher & Co.
- Date:
- 1950-1965
- Description:
- Cloth Fragments. Fabric swatches. Two plain-woven screen-printed and vat-dyed cotton samples with identical pattern (crazy quilt with historic New England vignettes), with pattern and dye lot specs attached. Zig-zag or pinked edges. (.2) Specs read "151912-36 / GERANIUM / & TOBACCO / COTTON 100% / REPEAT 16" / HISTORIC / NEW ENGLAND / F.SCHUMACHER & CO." (.3) Specs read "151915-36 / PINK & / BLACKBERRY / COTTON 100% / REPEAT 16" / HISTORIC / NEW ENGLAND / F. SCHUMACHER & CO."
Object Register:
1994.006.42.2 Swatch of fabric no. 151912-36, Geranium & Tobacco
1994.006.42.3 Swatch of fabric no. 151915-36, Pink & Blackberry - Material:
- Textile
Cotton - Dimensions:
- W-8 L-4 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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