Towel, Hand
- Object Name:
- Towel, Hand
- Object ID:
- 2001.007.01
- Creator:
- Nowers,, Deborah
- Place of Origin:
- Haverhill, NH, area
- Date:
- 1800-1840
- Description:
- Towel. Piece of linen, hand-woven with a diamond twill pattern; one side is selvedge, and opposite side is cut and finished with blanket stitching in matching linen thread. Top edge is narrow-hemmed by hand, and bottom edge is cut and finished with overcasting. All sides except hemmed edge have many loose threads indicating that this piece was once in another form. Written in ink, cursive, on front of towel, "NS / No 14 No. 21".
- Material:
- Textile
Linen - Dimensions:
- W-19 L-31 inches
- Provenance:
- Textiles inherited through several generations of Carleton/Kimball/Southard family. Donor is great-great-granddaughter of maker (Deborah Nowers, dau. of Helen Emery Nowers, dau. of Anabel Southard Emery, dau. of Lyman Southard, son of Nancy King Southard).
- Credit Line:
- Gift of Helen Emery Nowers, Elizabeth P. Nowers, and Deborah K. Nowers
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