Towel, Hand
- Object Name:
- Towel, Hand
- Object ID:
- 1998.024.17
- Creator:
- "Unislow Girls"
Weaver - Place of Origin:
- Epping, NH
- Date:
- circa 1824
- Description:
- Towel. Ecru linen; hand woven in a pattern of variously gridded squares created by reverse twills. Sides are selvedge, and top and bottom edges are narrow-hemmed by hand.
- Material:
- Textile
Linen - Dimensions:
- W-22 L-27.4 inches
- Provenance:
- Handwritten note pinned to towel (removed to accession folder): "Homespun Linen Towel / Part of the wedding outfit of / Elizabeth Williams wife of Col / Joseph Cilley - / She was born Jan 7, 1796 / Married Dec. 15, 1824 / Died Jan. 25 - 1843 / This towel was woven by the '[Unislow] Girls' who lived on / Red Oak Hill in Epping and / were famous for this particular / pattern. Presented to A.B.[S.] by her Mother, Feb. 18, 1905".
- Credit Line:
- Gift of Henry B. Shepard, Jr., Anne S. Bullis, and G. Dudley Shepard
- People:
- Williams, Elizabeth (1796-1843)
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