Blanket
- Object Name:
- Blanket
- Object ID:
- 2017.014.058
- Creator:
- Stone, Mary E. (1791-1875)
- Place of Origin:
- Dunbarton, NH
- Date:
- 1820-1830
- Description:
- Blanket. Cream-colored hand-woven wool, with blue square pattern. Fringe on one short edge. Other short edge and one long edge hemmed. Remaining long edge selvedged. Two pieces, joined along long edge. With note: "Hand woven blanket - Stone / family - shuttle from old barn - / Blanket woven not later than 1830 / Ethel".
- Material:
- Textile
Wool - Dimensions:
- W-54 L-78.5 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, Mary E. (1791-1875)
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