Cloth Fragment
- Object Name:
- Cloth Fragment
- Object ID:
- 1965.010.31
- Place of Origin:
- Nashua, NH
- Date:
- 1850-1870
- Description:
- Textile fragment. Hand embroidered, possibly by a relative of the donor. Cutwork embroidery also referred to as broiderie anglais. Traced from a pattern. Design outlined in blue ink with number "27" on white plain-woven cotton muslin embroidered with cotton thread. Border design with a scalloped edge and a 5.5" x 3.5" repeat motif of a sprig with berries. The scalloped edge and one motif are embroidered, the remainder of the pattern is unfinished. Three raw edges, one selvedge edge.
- Material:
- Textile
Cotton - Dimensions:
- W-6.75 L-17.5 inches
- Provenance:
- From the clothing collection of the Pease family, ancestors of the donor.
- Credit Line:
- Gift of Eleanor P. Johnson
- People:
- Pease, Eleanor (1891-1980)
- Subjects:
- Broiderie anglais, Lace, Textile art, Textiles, Cotton, Whitework, Cutwork
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