Towel, Hand
- Object Name:
- Towel, Hand
- Object ID:
- 1956.070
- Creator:
- Holt, Lydia M. (1818-1906); Forbes, Anna M. (1847-1930)
- Place of Origin:
- Bethel, ME
- Date:
- circa 1853
- Description:
- Towel. Twill-woven linen in a naturallly off-white color. One side is selvedge; three sides are narrow-hemmed by hand. The bottom edge has an applied linen fringe that is knotted. At the center of the top edge is a linen thread hanging loop.
- Material:
- Textile
Linen - Dimensions:
- W-14.75 L-20 inches
- Provenance:
- Note with towel reads, "Made from flax raised on the farm of Joseph Holt, Bethel, Maine. Flax spun and woven into cloth by Lydia H. Forbes and into a towel by Anna Forbes when she was about six years old."
- Credit Line:
- Gift of Bessie W. Palm
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