Towel
- Object Name:
- Towel
- Object ID:
- 1939.021.02
- Creator:
- Bradford, Sarah (1746-1822)
- Place of Origin:
- Lyndeborough, NH
- Date:
- 1780-1820
- Description:
- Towel. Woven by Sarah Bradford (1746-1822), Lyndeborough, NH; 1780-1820. Natural-colored linen, hand-woven with a Bronson weave pattern of a diamond grid; each diamond is filled with a dot. Top edge is hemmed and has a linen tape hanging loops stitched at the center; the bottom edge is self-fringed.
- Material:
- Textile
Linen - Dimensions:
- W-19.25 L-35 inches
- Provenance:
- Woven by Sarah (Putnam) Bradford (1746-1822), wife of Capt. John Bradford of Lyndeborough, NH. The donor, Avis W. Robinson (1893-1968) was the great-great- great-grand-daughter of Sarah (Putnam) Bradford.
- Credit Line:
- Gift of Avis W. Robinson
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