Blanket
- Object Name:
- Blanket
- Object ID:
- 1983.029.01.2
- Place of Origin:
- Sugar Hill, NH
- Date:
- 1790-1840
- Description:
- Blanket. Probably woven by a member of the Aldrich family, Sugar Hill, NH; 1790-1840. Lightweight homespun and home-woven of Z-twist wool singles. Constructed in two panels, and seamed up the center; each panel is about 34.5 inches wide. The sides are selvedge and the top and bottom edges are hemmed.
- Material:
- Textile
Wool - Dimensions:
- W-70 L-78.5 inches
- Provenance:
- According to writing on a brown paper wrapper, this blanket was "Grandma Bowle's Homespun woven from flax raised in Sugar Hill, N.H." Loretta S. Bowles (1847-1933) was the grandmother of Manson B. Smith (1901-1970), the husband of the donor, Evelyn S. Smith (1899-1990).
- Credit Line:
- Gift of Evelyn S. Smith
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