Tablecloth
- Object Name:
- Tablecloth
- Object ID:
- 1939.014.14 b
- Creator:
- Kimball, Fanny W. (1792-1860)
- Place of Origin:
- Hanover, NH/Plainfield, NH/Lebanon, NH
- Date:
- 1810-1840
- Description:
- Tablecloth. White cotton, woven with a fine diamond pattern formed by thread floats (not twill), and embroidered around all four sides with a meandering flowering vine. The embroidery is worked in white cotton and also white linen threads; stitches include bullion, French knots, satin, New England laid, chain, buttonhole, outline, and open chain. All four edges are trimmed with netted white cotton fringe.
- Material:
- Textile
- Dimensions:
- W-55 L-55 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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