Cloth Fragment
- Object Name:
- Cloth Fragment
- Object ID:
- 2017.014.011
- Date:
- 1860-1864
- Description:
- Cloth fragment, silk. Black silk fragment with repeating brocade floral pattern. Accompanied by a bill of sale, dated October 15, 1861, from Knisely, Stout & Kellogg, New York, NY, for $16.38. Made out for "1 ps Blk Brocade Silk 14 1.12 15.75 / 1x Fancy Tie .63 / Paid Knisely Stout & Kellogg $16.38 / pr Martin". Noted on back "Bill for silk material for dress / gr.mother Stone is wearing in framed picture / Ethel -". With note reading "Black silk material was / bought by Capt A. J. Stone / in 1861 for a dress for / his mother - my grandmother / E-".
- Material:
- Textile
Silk - Dimensions:
- H-11.9 W-21.8 inches
- Provenance:
- Part of the Ethel Cilley Stone Collection, consisting of objects, documents, photographs, and memorabilia related to James Stone (1780-1874) and his wife Mary East Beard Stone (1791-1875) of Dunbarton; their son Captain Andrew J. Stone (1828-1864) of Dunbarton, California, etc.; Wesley Page Stone (1833-1916) and his wife Alice Patten Cilley (1849-1934) of Dunbarton; and their daughter, schoolteacher and family historian Ethel Cilley Stone (1884-1981) of Dunbarton and Goffstown.
The collection descended to Ethel Cilley Stone. After her death, the bulk of her estate passed to her minister, Rev. Graham T. Rowley (1932-2012) of Goffstown, then to his children, the donors. - Credit Line:
- Gift of Daniel T. Rowley and Elizabeth A. Rowley
- People:
- Stone, Andrew J. (1828-1864)
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