Cloth Fragment
- Object Name:
- Cloth Fragment
- Object ID:
- 1956.065 a-e
- Date:
- 1875-1900
- Description:
- Five pieces of various fabrics, said to be associated with Bessie W. Palm (1885-1956), but more likely with her mother or someone of an earlier generation, as these are probably late 19th-century fabrics, but not the sort worn by children, except perhaps the brown and cream gingham (b). a. 2.5" x 4.75" rectangle of cotton organdy, printed with a periwinkle blue pattern of wheat ears and tiny blue dots on white. b. 5.5" x 4" fragment of brown and cream cotton gingham. c. 6.25" x 6.25" triangle of printed cotton calico, with small geometric figure in black and cream on mottled brown background. d. 5" x 4.5" square of shot brown/black fine wool (perhaps alpaca or mohair). e. 4.5" x 4.75" square of beige wool, plain-woven.
- Material:
- Textile
Wool
Cotton - Credit Line:
- Gift of Bessie W. Palm
- People:
- Palm, Bessie W. (1885-1956)
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