Sheet
- Object Name:
- Sheet
- Object ID:
- 1986.111.02
- Date:
- 1790-1850
- Description:
- Sheet or a tablecloth, made of white linen. Has initials S.W. (Sarah Washburn, d.1870, Lyme, NH) in gold-colored thread. May be handwoven. Fragment of a linen sheet. Has been cut and currently represents about one-fourth of the original sheet. Plain-woven white linen, hemmed at one end, raw at the opposite end, and selvedge on the sides. One selvedge shows damage from having been unstitched at what would have been the center seam. Selvedge width is about 33.5 inches. Initials cross-stitched in tan silk thread at one end: "S H" (not "S W" as stated by previous cataloger).
- Material:
- Textile
Linen - Dimensions:
- W-33.5 L-48 inches
- Credit Line:
- Gift of Ruth Whittemore
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