Cloth Fragment
- Object Name:
- Cloth Fragment
- Object ID:
- 1959.003.05 a-d
- Date:
- circa 1890
- Description:
- Textile yardage. Four lengths of plain-woven ecru cotton lawn, each 8" wide two-panel construction, 0.25" seamed. Machine hemmed 0.1" on two sides until seamed to second panel, which is hemmed on one side, selvedge on the other. All fragments have raw ends. ~40 yards total (two pieces each ~7.5 yards, two pieces each ~12.5 yards).
- Material:
- Textile
Cotton - Dimensions:
- W-8 inches
- Provenance:
- Possibly belonged to great grandmother of the donor, Lydia Scribner (her wedding gown 1959.003.18), who married Robert F. Batchelder in 1852, or donor's aunt Sara M. Prince, who married John P. Rogers in 1904 (her silk gown is 1959.003.24 a-c).
- Credit Line:
- GIft of Ruth P. Harrison
- Subjects:
- Cotton, Textiles, Weaving, Machine Woven, Muslin
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