Towel, Hand
- Object Name:
- Towel, Hand
- Object ID:
- 1997.016.10.5
- Place of Origin:
- Danville, NH
- Date:
- circa 1815
- Description:
- Towel. Owned by Jane Eaton (1793-1826), Danville, NH; c. 1815. White linen, hand-woven in M's and O's weave (resembling a honeycomb pattern); self-fringed across the bottom, hemmed at the top, and selvedge at the sides. Linen twill tape loop for hanging the towel is stitched to the top center edge. Embroidered in dark blue silk cross stitches at center top: "J. E"; diamond between the two letters, 2.5" below the top edge. One of a set of five.
- Material:
- Textile
Linen - Dimensions:
- W-20.5 L-36 inches
- Provenance:
- Owned by Jane (Eaton) French (1793-1826), of Danville, great-great-grandmother of the donor, Halcyon Hobbs Springer.
- Credit Line:
- Gift of Halcyon Hobbs Springer, in Memory of her grandmother, Minnie Douglas Smith
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