Sheet
- Object Name:
- Sheet
- Object ID:
- 1946.023.03.1
- Place of Origin:
- Concord, VT
- Date:
- 1825-1850
- Description:
- Sheet. Off-white handwoven linen; center seam ; cross stitched " H.W." no. 17
Sheet woven with a cotton warp and linen weft; constructed in two widths of the fabric and seamed up the center. The selvedge widths are about 35 inches. Sides are selvedge; top and bottom edges are hemmed by hand. Marked in pale tan silk cross stitches near center of top edge: "H x W / No. 17." - Material:
- Textile
Linen - Dimensions:
- W-70 L-94.25 inches
- Provenance:
- Part of a collection of handwoven linen made by servants at Concord, VT, for Susan J. Wetherbee, and her mother Henrietta Thayer, marked with initials. Susan J. Wetherbee was the mother-in-law of the donor.
- Credit Line:
- Gift of Mary C. Hopkinson
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