Cloth Fragment

Object Name:

Cloth Fragment

Object ID:

1982.101.02

Date:

1820-1860

Description:

Textile fragments. One of a set of 12 cards compiled by a textile historian. Six plain-woven cotton and wool muslin de laine roller-printed fragments mounted on paper with adhesive, three on each side. Side one: three triangular fragments; top edge fragment of turkey red ground with black and white dots, pinked edges; right facing edge fragment of white and yellow stemmed flower print on a yellow ground; left facing edge fragment with one selvedge and one pinked edge on a blue ground with white and black squares; text hand written in black ink: "England soon began the manufacture / of muslin de laine using cotton for / warp and wool for weft or filling. The / patterns above are of American make. / They were worn by a Claremont child / between 1860 and 1870." Side two: three fragments; left facing rectangular fragment with one selvedge and three pinked sides, printed in pink and black dots within a circle on a brown ground; right facing fragment with pinked cut edges of a geometric print in red, green, brown, gray, and black; right facing edge, tringular fragment of scrolling vines in red on a brown ground with white stars, text hand written in black ink, "The plaid / above was very / popular during / the Civil War. / Muslin De Laine." See objects 1982.101.01-12.

Material:

Textile
Cotton
Wool
Paper

Dimensions:

H-3.5 W-7.5 inches

Provenance:

Compiled by a textile historian who included history of each piece on paper to which fragments were attached.

Credit Line:

Gift of William L. Warren

People:

Warren, William L. (1912-1998)