Cloth Fragment
- Object Name:
- Cloth Fragment
- Object ID:
- 1982.101.03
- Date:
- 1800-1860
- Description:
- Textile fragments. One of a set of 12 cards compiled by a textile historian. Two triangles of plain woven checks. Larger sample, possibly handwoven, of cotton warp and wool weft yarns, 6" x 2.75", with intersecting stripes of solid blue, black, and brown with hints of white from twisted dyed yarns, and fine lines of white; three raw (unfinished) edges. Smaller sample, handwoven with machine-spun yarns, 3" x 1.5", of brown, red, white, green, and blue cotton warp yarns and red and green wool wefts; two raw edges, one selvedge edge. Stored with a paper label with hand written text in black ink, "Hand-woven Factory Goods. Worn in / Charlestown, N.H." See objects 1982.101.01-12.
- Material:
- Textile
Cotton
Wool
Paper - Dimensions:
- H-2.75 W-6 inches
- Provenance:
- Worn in Charlestown, NH. 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)
- Subjects:
- Textiles, Factories, Textile industry, Handwork
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