Blanket

Object Name:: Blanket
Object ID:: 1983.002.17
Place of Origin:: Rollinsford, NH
Date:: 1800-1819
Description:: Blanket. Owned by Ruth Rollins (1779-1819) or Rachel Rollins (1785-1812), Rollinsford, NH; 1800-1819. Plain weave wool; hand woven of hand spun Z-twist wool singles, natural colored, light-weight. Two 34" wide panels hand whip stitched selvedge to selvedge. Selvedges on both sides. Bottom and top mostly unfinished, some herring bone stitches with matching yarn along all edges. Each corner decorated with a 3.5" x 3.5" assemblage of five dots embroidered with pink two ply worsted yarn then tufted. "RR/24" of same pink yarn cross stitched at center top.
Material:: Textile
Wool
Dimensions:: W-67 L-84.25 inches
Provenance:: From the Ffrost Homestead, Durham, N.H. Owned by Ruth Rollins (1779-1819) or Rachel Rollins (1785-1812), Rollinsford, NH; 1800-1819 which the donors inherited from the estate of their aunt Elizabeth Rollins Frost (see notes). Gift of George F. Sawyer, Durham NH and Charles H. Sawyer, Anne Arbor, MI.
Credit Line:: Gift of George F. Sawyer and Charles H. Sawyer
People:: Rollins, Ruth (1779-1819), Frost, Elizabeth R. (1881- ), Rollins, Rachel (1785-1812), Sawyer, George F. (1902-1992), Sawyer, Charles H. (1906-2005)
Subjects:: Wool, Blankets, Handwork, Weaving, Embroidery, Spinning