Towel, Hand
- Object Name:
- Towel, Hand
- Object ID:
- 1994.006.54
- Creator:
- Stevens Linens
- Place of Origin:
- Dudley, MA
- Date:
- circa 1965
- Description:
- Towel. Souvenir. Screen printed graphic in gray, black, red, rust, and yellow, on cream linen. Graphic includes six vignettes for Concord bicentennial, and is titled, "CONCORD / NEW HAMPSHIRE / Settled as Penacook / Later called Rumford / Became Concord June 7, 1765 / BI-CENTENNIAL -1965". Vignettes include State House, Hannah Dustin, Franklin Pierce, ratification of the constitution, John Stark, Concord Coach. Signed at lower right, "AW". Label on reverse reads, "100% / PURE LINEN / __ 15424 / Made in U.S.A." Manufactured by Stevens Linens in Dudley, MA. Unknown artist AW often designed art for towels from this company. Tan linen; plain weave. Right and left side are selvedges. Top and bottom edges machine hemmed 0.25" with white cotton thread. Top casing made for a wooden dowel (disposed of).
- Material:
- Textile
Linen
Wood - Dimensions:
- H-29 W-16.5 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.
Resembles designs trademarked by Stevens Linens founded in 1846 by Hale Stevens in Dudley, MA. Calendar Towel invented by the manager of the mill in the 1950s. Logo Loc, LLC. purchased Stevens Linens in 2013 moving operations Amoskeag Mills in Manchester, NH. - Credit Line:
- Bequest of Jane Lee Chworowsky
Electronic Resources are only available to New Hampshire Historical Society members. To access electronic resources, please join the New Hampshire Historical Society.