Tablecloth
- Object Name:
- Tablecloth
- Object ID:
- 1961.016.04
- Creator:
- Alexander, Betsey (1797-1872)
Weaver - Place of Origin:
- Bow, NH
- Date:
- circa 1815
- Description:
- Tablecloth. Made and used by Betsey (Alexander) Sargent (1797-1872), Bow, NH; c. 1815. Hand-woven with a white linen warp and white cotton weft in a large diamond Bronson weave pattern. Linen and cotton threads are both Z-twist singles. It is two selvedge widths (about 20.25 inches each), seamed in the center. Sides are selvedge, and top and bottom edges are hemmed by hand. Cross-stitched initials "B A / 2" worked in tan silk thread near one corner. Note handwritten in ink on paper after 1910 by Lucy Jane (Sargent) Morgan (1833-1922) originally attached to tablecloth: "This table cloth was / spun and wove by my / mother Betsey Alexander / Sargent before she / was married in / 1819".
- Material:
- Textile
Linen
Cotton
Silk - Dimensions:
- W-41.5 L-42.5 inches
- Provenance:
- Made by Betsey Alexander (1797-1872) of Bow, NH, before her marriage to Andrew B. Sargent (1793-1868). Betsey (Alexander) Sargent was the great-grandmother of the donor, Ester P. Henshey (1884-1961).
- Credit Line:
- Bequest of Ester P. Henshey
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