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Cloth Fragment

Object Name:
Cloth Fragment
Object ID:
2002.636.02 a
Date:
1825-1840
Description:
Piece of Chintz. Green and red flowering branches on green print background. 70" x 90". Looks as if once gathered on one edge. Chintz cloth fragment. One of three dust ruffle fragments. Plain weave white cotton ground combination black and roller printed with red brown, blue and green flowering vines. Four panel construction, left facing 19" x 9.75", left center 20" x 23.25", right center 19.5" x 24", right facing 20.50" x 10.50", seamed in three sections with running stitches by three narrow selvdege edge seams. Right edge narrowly hemmed , other edges raw. Puckering along the top edge suggests fragment was gathered at one time. Frangment is the front of the dust ruffle.
Material:
Textile
Cotton
Dimensions:
W-70 L-90 inches
Provenance:
Found in collection 2002.
Credit Line:
New Hampshire Historical Society Collection
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