Cloth Fragment
- Object Name:
- Cloth Fragment
- Object ID:
- 1972.005
- Place of Origin:
- Springfield, NH/Concord,NH
- Date:
- 1796
- Description:
- Cloth fragment. Made by a member of the Webster family. Crewelwork embroidery on linen; cut then appliqued to a square of brown fulled wool. Appliques embroidered with close herring bone, stem, and couched blanket stitches of 2-ply S-twist wool yarns in peach, pink, beige, white, green, and blue. Angled design, center row of three clovers surrounded by a symmetrical layout of trefoil alternating with quatrefoils with floral points projecting outward toward corners. Pieced 2" with 0.25" seam pressed flat. "1796" embroidered on center top; initials "A W" on bottom. Two pencil lines starting on right edge extending top center motif.
- Material:
- Textile
Wool
Linen - Dimensions:
- W-8.5 L-9 inches
- Provenance:
- According to antiquarian book dealer George N. Kent (1921-1989) the embroidered square was by a member of the Webster family in either Concord, NH or Springfield, NH.
- Credit Line:
- New Hampshire Historical Society Purchase
- People:
- Webster, Kent, George N. (1921-1989)
- Subjects:
- Wool, Embroidery, Crewelwork, Needlework, Flowers, Linen, Applique, Quatrefoils
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