Handkerchief
- Object Name:
- Handkerchief
- Object ID:
- 1989.035.06
- Creator:
- Boote Mills
- Place of Origin:
- Lowell, MA
- Date:
- 1839-1845
- Description:
- Handkerchief. Owned by Sarah B. Currier (Foss) Davis (1805-1873), Lowell, MA; 1839-1845. Fine white cotton, woven with a deep border pattern of heavier threads in tighter groupings to create four stripes around edges, intersecting at the corners. Two sides are selvedge. Two sides are narrow-hemmed by hand. Inscribed in brown ink in one corner: "Sarah. B. Foss."
- Material:
- Textile
Cotton
Linen - Dimensions:
- W-25.25 L-24 inches
- Provenance:
- Originally owned by Sarah B. Currier (Foss) Davis (1805-1873) of Lowell, MA. She married (1) Ebenezer Foss (1804-1844), 1839. She married (2) Charles Davis (1803-1882), Davisville, Warner, NH, 1857. Margaret Davis (1916-2009), the donor, was the grand- daughter of Henry C. Davis (1850-1932), the nephew of Charles and Sarah B. Davis.
- Credit Line:
- Gift of Margaret Davis
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