Tablecloth
- Object Name:
- Tablecloth
- Object ID:
- 1961.016.09
- Creator:
- Alexander, Betsey (1797-1872)
- Place of Origin:
- Bow, NH
- Date:
- 1810-1850
- Description:
- Tablecloth. Made by Betsey (Alexander) Sargent (1797-1872), and owned by her daughter, Charlotte F. Sargent (1844-1883), Bow, NH; 1810-1850. Hand-woven with a white cotton warp and white linen weft in a pattern of circles, each centered with a square and connected by intersecting diagonal lines (Bronson weave). Both the linen and cotton threads are Z-twist singles. Constructed of two panels Two sides are selvedge, and the top and bottom edges are hemmed. Marked in cross-stitch in one corner, "CGS" in light brown silk thread. Note handwritten in ink on paper after 1910 by Lucy Jane (Sargent) Morgan (1833-1922) originally attached to tablecloth: "This table cloth / belonged to my / youngest sister / Charlotte Frances / Sargent was spun + wove by my mother / Abbies grandmother".
- Material:
- Textile
Linen
Cotton
Silk - Dimensions:
- W-51.2 L-56 inches
- Provenance:
- The tablecloth was made by Betsey (Alexander) Sargent (1797-1872) and owned by her daughter, Charlotte Frances Sargent (1844-1883) of Bow, NH. 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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