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Tablecloth

Object Name:
Tablecloth
Object ID:
1997.016.11
Date:
circa 1815
Description:
Tablecloth. Owned by Jane Eaton (1793-1826), Danville, NH; c. 1815. White linen, hand-woven with an M's and O's variation (or Bronson weave) pattern. Pieced from two panels of cloth, one of which is a selvedge width of 31". Seam is stitched selvedge-to-selvedge. Three sides are hemmed by hand, and one side is selvedge. All four sides are edged with applied cotton fringe.
Material:
Textile
Linen
Cotton
Dimensions:
W-57.25 L-58.5 inches
Provenance:
Owned by Jane (Eaton) French (1793-1826), of Danville, great-great-grandmother of the donor, Halcyon Hobbs Springer.
Credit Line:
Gift of Halcyon Hobbs Springer, in Memory of her grandmother, Minnie Douglas Smith
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