Tablecloth
- Object Name:
- Tablecloth
- Object ID:
- 1939.014.14 a
- Creator:
- Kimball, Fanny W. (1792-1860)
- Place of Origin:
- Hanover, NH/Plainfield, NH/Lebanon, NH
- Date:
- 1810-1840
- Description:
- Tablecloth. Fine white cotton woven with a diamond pattern (achieved with thread floats, not twill). Embroidered around all four sides with a meandering leafy vine design; in each corner is embroidered a cornucopia filled with stems of fruits and leaves. The center is embroidered with a diamond outlined with a narrow leafy vine. The embroidery is worked in both white cotton and white linen threads. Stitches include buttonhole wheel, New England laid, satin, outline, open chain, and bullion. The sides are trimmed with white cotton netted fringe formed in a sawtooth (or vandyck) shape.
- Material:
- Textile
- Dimensions:
- W-56 L-56 inches
- Provenance:
- Made by Fanny Willis Kimball (1792-1860), wife of Robert Kimball (1786-1875) of Plainfield, and Lebanon. The donor, Anna K. Grow (1881-1968), was the adopted daughter of Mary E. Kimball (1834-1913), daughter of Robert and Fanny W. Kimball.
- Credit Line:
- Gift of Anna K. Grow
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