Towel, Hand
- Object Name:
- Towel, Hand
- Object ID:
- 1955.165
- Creator:
- Aspinwall, Sophronia (1789-1872)
Weaver ; Seavey, Mary A. (1799-1879); Seavey, Louisa M. (1826-1883) - Place of Origin:
- Lebanon, NH
- Date:
- circa 1850
- Description:
- Towel. Woven by Sophronia Aspinwall (1789-1872), Lebanon, NH. Twill-woven with a white cotton warp and white linen weft; Z-twist singles. Woven pattern consists of a checkerboard design, bordered by a design of alternating tone-on-tone squares with bands of tone-on-tone rectangles. Pattern is produced by reversing the direction of the twill. Two sides are selvedge; the ends are narrow-hemmed by hand.
- Material:
- Textile
Linen
Cotton - Dimensions:
- W-19.25 L-29.5 inches
- Provenance:
- The linen in this towel was spun by Louisa M. (Seavey) Durkee (1826-1883) and her mother, Mary A. (Ela) Seavey (1799-1879), from flax raised on a farm located between Lebanon and Mascoma Lake. The towel was woven by Miss Sophronia Aspinwall (1789-1872), c.1850. It was given to the donor, Dorothie K. Morgan (1903-1997), with other textiles prior to her marriage in 1927, by Mary L. (Durkee) Robertson (1854-193?), a daughter of Louisa M. (Seavey) Durkee, who had inherited it from her younger sister, Jennie M. (Durkee) Stevens (1861-1925) of Ashland.
- Credit Line:
- Gift of Dorothie K. Morgan
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