Blanket
- Object Name:
- Blanket
- Object ID:
- 1976.016.03 b
- Creator:
- Fogg, Roxanna C. (1830-1928)
Weaver - Place of Origin:
- Sandwich, NH
- Date:
- circa 1860
- Description:
- Blanket. Made by Roxanna C. Fogg (1830-1928), Sandwich, NH; c. 1860. Plain weave hand woven of home spun natural colored Z-twist wool singles. Some brown and blue color variation along weft lines attributed to contamination of wool fibers during spinning process. Selvedge to selvedge on both sides. Two panel construction, measuring 33.5" whip stitched at 12 stitches per inch, selvedge to selvedge at blanket center. Top and bottom hem .5" pressed blanket front. Machine stitched, finished with hand embroidered decorative herringbone stitches of red two-ply worsted yarn. "ABBIE No.3" cross stitch embroidered on lower left corner.
- Material:
- Textile
Wool - Dimensions:
- W-69.5 L-87 inches
- Provenance:
- Made by Roxanna C. Fogg (1830-1928) of Sandwich, N.H., for her daughter Mary Abbie Fogg (1850-1877), who died of tuberculosis. Gift of Mary C. Gilmore (1893-1983).
- Credit Line:
- Gift of Mary C. Gilmore
- People:
- Fogg, Roxanna C. (1830-1928), Fogg, Albert C. (1827-1904), Fogg, Mary A. (1850-1877), Gilmore, Mary C. (1893-1983)
- Subjects:
- Wool, Blankets, Handwork, Weaving, Spinning, Tuberculosis, Embroidery
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