Towel, Hand
- Object Name:
- Towel, Hand
- Object ID:
- 1961.016.08
- Place of Origin:
- Bow, NH
- Date:
- circa 1845
- Description:
- Towel. Originally owned by Adeline (Alexander) Sampson (1820-1899), Bow, NH; c. 1845. Natural hand-woven off-white linen in a Bronson (or spot) design of interlocking double circles with a square in the center of the circles. The sides are selvedge and the top and bottom edges are narrow-hemmed by hand. The bottom edge is self-fringed. The top edge bears cross-stitched initials, "A . A", worked in light brown silk thread. Note handwritten in ink on paper after 1910 by Lucy Jane (Sargent) Morgan (1833-1922) originally attached to towel: "This towel belonged to / Adaline Alexander Sampson / before she married / August 23 1846 my mothers / youngest sister".
- Material:
- Textile
Linen
Silk - Dimensions:
- W-21 L-35.25 inches
- Provenance:
- Originally owned by Adeline (Alexander) Sampson (1820-1899), Bow, NH. Adeline (Alexander) Sampson was the youngest sister of Betsey (Alexander) Sargent, the great-grandmother of the donor, Ester P. Henshey (1884-1961).
- Credit Line:
- Bequest of Ester P. Henshey
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