Cloth Fragment
- Object Name:
- Cloth Fragment
- Object ID:
- 1961.054
- Place of Origin:
- England
- Date:
- 1741-1766
- Description:
- Textile Fragment. Gold silk damask, with one selvedge edge. Partial stylized floral design of a large scale. From drapery owned by Benning Wentworth, Portsmouth, NH. Label handwritten in ink by Mert Heaton Plumb (1833-1916) accompanied textile fragment: "A piece of drapery from the effects / of Benning Wentworth, Governor / of New Hampshire under the Crown / from 1741-1761, who lived at / Little Harbor, Portsmouth, New / Hampshire, and is the subject of / one of Longfellow's "Tales of a / Wayside Inn."
- Material:
- Textile
Silk - Dimensions:
- W-7 L-8.25 inches
- Provenance:
- The fragment of yellow silk damask owned by Benning Wentworth (1696-1770) of Portsmouth. It was part of the Red Lion Inn collection, assembled by the former owner's great-aunt, Mert Heaton Plumb (1833-1916), Stockbridge, MA.
- Credit Line:
- Gift of Stockbridge Library Association
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