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Drawers

Object Name:
Drawers
Object ID:
1980.024.02
Date:
1860-1870
Description:
Drawers. White cotton muslin, hand sewn. Hand-embroidered eyelet trim. Machine tucks on trim at knee.
Material:
Textile
Cotton
Provenance:
According to donor, items were made and worn by Susan (Babcock) Atwood White, great grandmother of donor. Susan Babcock (1798-1885) was born in Hartford, VT, and married Francis Shurtleff Atwood of Bridgewater, VT, 01/08/1824. Susan Babcock was a seamstress. The donor, Clara Williams Sherman (b.1890), is a descendant of this marriage.
Credit Line:
Gift of Clara Williams Sherman
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