Sheet

Object Name:

Sheet

Object ID:

1937.011

Place of Origin:

Hampton Falls, NH

Date:

1713-1786

Description:

Sheet - early - mid 1800's. Linen, hand woven. all - white center seams. Narrow hems on either end. One end embroidered with initials "SW/No 14" in light brown.

Sheet of white linen, constructed of two widths of fabric and seamed up the center. The selvedge width is about 32 inches. It is clear that the sheet was woven in one length, cut in half, flipped, and seamed, as a warping characteristic appears consistently along the edges of both sides. The linen single yarns are Z-twist. Marked in pale tan silk cross stitch near the center of one edge: "S W / No. 14" with a decorative motif worked between the initials.

Material:

Textile

Dimensions:

W-64.5 L-82.75 inches

Provenance:

"Sheet woven and spun by the mother of Governor Weare. It came to me through some descendants in Kensington, NH, years ago. My paternal grandmother was Lydia Weare, the last of one branch of the Weare family." (From a handwritten letter by Mary E. Pearson). See files.

Credit Line:

Gift of Mary E. Pearson

People:

Weare, Meshech (1713-1786)