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Object Name:
Sheet
Object ID:
1997.016.12
Place of Origin:
Danville, NH
Date:
1830-1850
Description:
Sheet. Owned by Susan E. Gove (1817-1900), Danville, NH; 1830-1850. Plain-woven cotton, seamed up center, selvedge-to-selvedge. Sides are selvedge, and top and bottom are narrow-hemmed by hand. Embroidered in light blue cotton cross stitch near center seam: "S. Eaton". Stamped in black ink at one corner within an oval design: "Susan E. [or F.] Gove".
Material:
Textile
Cotton
Dimensions:
W-63.75 L-90.25 inches
Provenance:
Owned by Susan Eaton (French) Gove (1817-1900), of Danville, 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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