Tablecloth
- Object Name:
- Tablecloth
- Object ID:
- 1961.016.02
- Place of Origin:
- Bow, NH
- Date:
- 1840-1846
- Description:
- Tablecloth. Owned by Adeline (Alexander) Sampson (1820-1899), Bow, NH; 1840-1846. Handwoven with a pattern of diamonds outlined with small squares (Bronson weave). The warp is white linen and the weft is both white linen and cotton; all are Z-twist singles. Constructed in two panels and seamed up the center; the selvedge widths are 22.25". Two sides are selvedge, and two are hemmed by hand. All four sides are edged with a particularly nice netted fringe, worked in a pattern of triangles, with the yarns in between pulled together and knotted as fringe; the tips of the triangles are also fringed. Marked with cross-stitched initials, "A A / 2" in brown silk thread, front, lower left corner. Note handwritten in ink on paper after 1910 by Lucy Jane (Sargent) Morgan (1833-1922) originally attached to tablecloth: "This table cloth belonged / to Adaline Alexander / Sampson my / mothers youngest sister."
- Material:
- Textile
Linen
Cotton
Silk - Dimensions:
- W-49 L-49 inches
- Provenance:
- Originally owned by Adeline (Alexander) Sampson (1820-1899) of Bow, NH. Adeline (Alexander) Sampson was the youngest sister of Betsey (Alexander) Sargent, the great-grandmother of the donor, Ester P. Henshey (1884-1961).
- Credit Line:
- Bequest of Ester P. Henshey
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