Tablecloth
- Object Name:
- Tablecloth
- Object ID:
- 1995.097
- Place of Origin:
- Haverhill, NH
- Date:
- 1812-1850
- Description:
- Tablecloth. Linen; Square, off-white, twill weave variation. Name written in cursive, black ink, "Hannah Page" near center of hemmed edge on obverse side. Two selvage edges, two hemmed edges. Few small brown stains. 64.5" x 64.5". White linen tablecloth, woven with a block pattern produced by various twills. The tablecloth is constructed of two panels and seamed up the center; each panel has a selvedge width of about 32". Two sides are selvedge; two are hemmed by hand. Inscribed in black ink at center near one edge: "Hannah Page." Family history of having belonged to Hannah Page, wife of New Hampshire Governor John Page of Haverhill, NH.
- Material:
- Textile
Linen - Dimensions:
- W-64.5 L-65 inches
- Provenance:
- Ann McCarthy, Locust Grove, VA, is the great-great-granddaughter of Governor John Page and Hannah Merrill Page of Haverhill, NH.
- Credit Line:
- Gift of Ann McCarthy
- People:
- Page, Hannah (1789-1855)
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