Towel, Hand
- Object Name:
- Towel, Hand
- Object ID:
- 2001.019.08
- Place of Origin:
- Sandwich, NH
- Date:
- 1860-1920
- Description:
- Towel. White linen with red near ends. Center woven in white into bands of floral design running parallel to the selvage. Near selvage, woven design of rows of dots surrounded by two narrow bands. 7.25" from each end runs a band of elaborate red and white floral weave surround on both sides by a band of white open weave and a band of double red and white dots. Self fringe on two non selvage ends has been braided and knotted. "Samuel W. Wentworth." is written in ink above one of the red and white decorative ends.
Damask towel, woven with a design of alternating leafy and berried vines through the center, which is naturally off-white linen. Both ends have a decorative border design woven in red cotton of stylized leaves in fan shapes, edged with a band of drawn threadwork and a band of woven red dots. The long sides are selvedge. The ends are self-fringed, with the linen threads grouped, interlaced, and knotted to form fringe. Inscribed in ink at the center above the decorative band at one end: "Samuel H. Wentworth." - Material:
- Textile
Linen - Dimensions:
- W-21 L-46.5 inches
- Credit Line:
- Gift of Alvah W. Sulloway
- People:
- Wentworth, Samuel W.
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