Cloth Fragment
- Object Name:
- Cloth Fragment
- Object ID:
- 1975.056.17
- Place of Origin:
- England
- Date:
- 1780-1790
- Description:
- Cloth fragment. Hand-quilted copperplate printed cotton toile in sepia depicting a rural scene of two women carrying sheaves of wheat, one in foreground with a bundle of wheat on head, second looking away. On left under tree is boy playing a flute and a dog on his right. Quilted with a layer of cotton batting or flocking and backed with linen. Four unfinished edges.
- Dimensions:
- W-12.75 L-15.25 inches
- Provenance:
- Purchased by donor from "junk shop" in Templeton, MA, 1966.
- Credit Line:
- Gift of William L. Warren
- People:
- Warren, William L. (1912-1998)
- Subjects:
- Toile, Textiles plate printed, Prints, Literature, Illustrations, Textile industry, Pastoral scene, Women, Men
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