Towel, Hand
- Object Name:
- Towel, Hand
- Object ID:
- 1961.016.07
- Place of Origin:
- Allenstown, NH/Bow, NH
- Date:
- 1770-1800
- Description:
- Towel. Originally owned by Jane Buntin (1735-1827) of Allenstown and her daughter, Martha (Buntin) Sargent (1759-1854), Bow, NH; 1770-1800. Hand-woven natural off-white color linen; huckaback weave resembling a honeycomb pattern. The sides are selvedge; the top and bottom edges are narrow-hemmed by hand. Marked with initials in tan-colored silk cross stitch, "M S" at the top, and "I [or J] B" at the bottom. A plain-woven linen tape hanging loop is stitched to the center of the top edge. There are several treadling errors in the weave. Note handwritten in ink on paper after 1910 by Lucy Jane (Sargent) Morgan (1833-1922) originally attached to towel: "This towell belonged to / my Fathers mother, Abbies / great Grandmother Martha / Buntin Sargent".
- Material:
- Textile
Linen
Silk - Dimensions:
- W-22.2 L-38.25 inches
- Provenance:
- Originally owned by Jane Buntin (1735-1827) of Allenstown and her daughter, Martha (Buntin) Sargent (1759-1854) of Bow, NH. Martha (Buntin) Sargent was the great-great-grandmother of the donor, Ester P. Henshey (1884-1961).
- Credit Line:
- Bequest of Ester P. Henshey
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