Blanket
- Object Name:
- Blanket
- Object ID:
- 1982.079.01
- Creator:
- Savage, Nancy E. (1828-1908)
- Place of Origin:
- Greenfield, NH
- Date:
- 1850-1852
- Description:
- Blanket. (Sheet). Made by Nancy E. Savage (1828-1908), Greenfield, NH; 1850-1852. Homespun and home-woven, lightweight wool. Constructed of two panels and seamed up the center. Each panel is about 36.5" wide. The sheet is woven of cream wool singles, Z-twist. The sides are selvedge and the top and bottom edges are hemmed. The hems are embellished with dark pink wool herringbone stitches, worked from the wrong side, so that from the top they look like a series of dots. At the opposite end are the remnants of wool cross-stitched initials; the only recognizable letter is the center letter, "E."
- Material:
- Textile
Wool - Dimensions:
- W-66.5 L-80 inches
- Provenance:
- Typed sheet accompanying gift states: "All wool blankets, made from wool of sheep grown by William Savage of Greenfield, N.H. between 1845 and 1852. The wool was spun and woven into blankets by Nancy Savage for her trousseau, when she married Artemas Woodward, Oct. 28, 1852".
- Credit Line:
- Gift of Elizabeth Mason
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