Runner
- Object Name:
- Runner
- Object ID:
- 1967.063.21
- Place of Origin:
- Weare, NH
- Date:
- 1820-1831
- Description:
- Runner, or possibly a length of cotton intended for a roller towel. Owned by Dorcas N. (Hodgdon) Sawyer (1811-1882), Weare, NH; 1820-1831. Home-woven natural-colored cotton, woven with Z-twist singles. Plain weave. Short ends are hemmed by hand; one long side is selvedge; the other long side is hemmed. Marked in one corner, "D H" in taupe silk cross stitches. Many weaving and thread flaws.
- Material:
- Textile
Cotton
Silk - Dimensions:
- W-21.25 L-64.5 inches
- Provenance:
- Part of a multi-generation family collection of objects from the Daniel P. Woodbury house in Weare, NH.
- Credit Line:
- Gift of Ruth A. Woodbury and Dorcas L. Woodbury
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