Tablecloth
- Object Name:
- Tablecloth
- Object ID:
- 1969.045.04 a-b
- Place of Origin:
- Hampton Falls, NH
- Date:
- 1820-1840
- Description:
- Tablecloth Fragment. Two rectangular fragments of a larger piece. Woven linen in a natural off-white color, with a Bronson weave pattern of a diamond grid filled with diamonds. One side is selvedge; three sides are hemmed by hand with large stitches (not of the stitching quality typical of the 19th and earlier centuries). A: the linen is marked with taupe silk cross stitches: "H P / 2." B is not marked.
- Material:
- Textile
Linen
Silk - Provenance:
- The tablecoth owned by Hannah Pike (1802-1843) of Hampton Falls, NH, was part of a group of Pike family objects given by sisters, Miss Ruth Sawin and Olive Flagg (Mrs. Oscar R.).
- Credit Line:
- Gift of Ruth Sawin and Olive S. Flagg
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