Cushion
- Object Name:
- Cushion
- Object ID:
- 1975.067.38 a-d
- Place of Origin:
- Wilton, NH/New England
- Date:
- 1850-1900
- Description:
- Seat Covers. Four, each rectangular with round edges. Textile possibly manufactured in New England. Roller-printed plain-woven cotton with brown and beige ivy, red berries, brown picotage or pinned outline. Seam around seat area finished with 0.75" twill tape piping. Handstitched, 0.25" seams. Bottom edge 0.50" hemmed drawstring casing. Cotton twill woven drawstring cord with alloy metal toggle on ends. Surface has residual sizing or starch.
- Material:
- Textile
Cotton
Iron - Dimensions:
- H-6 W-17 L-21.5 Dia-22.25 inches
- Provenance:
- A collection of objects from the Wilton, NH, home of the donor's mother, Bertha Gage (Stone) Batchelder (1889-1977). The objects in the gift came from the home of Josephine H. Gage (1850-1919), the sister of the donor's grandmother, Eliza Jane (Gage) Stone (1859-1938).
- Credit Line:
- Gift of Maynard S. Batchelder
- People:
- Gage, Josephine H. (1850-1919), Batchelder, Bertha S. (1889-1977), Batchelder, Maynard S. (1914-2007)
- Subjects:
- Textile printing, Textiles plate printed, Picotage
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