Box, Shadow

Object Name:

Box, Shadow

Object ID:

2019.007.03

Place of Origin:

Concord, NH

Date:

1882

Description:

Framed display of sewing samples, with New Hampshire State Fair award presented to S. Ethel Upham (1873-1958) of Concord, NH, 1882. Eight pieces of white cotton with hand stitching. Five pieces are plain and three have red and brown striped pattern. Pink ribbon bow on each piece. Sewing includes a buttonhole, circle, and straight seams. At top, piece of blue cardboard, 3.4" x 7.75", printed in black, "FIRST PREMIUM, / New Hampshire State Fair, / 1882." At bottom, paper card, 3.5" x 5.5", printed in black, "STATE FAIR. / ENTRY TICKET. / CLASS [14] No. [37] / Article, [No. 11 Plain Sewing] / [blank] years old. / Exhibitor, [S. Ethel Upham] / Residence, [Concord N.H.] / AARON YOUNG, Secretary."; brackets indicate ink inscriptions. All mounted on black velvet, which is wrapped around white cardboard and stitched on back. In vertical rectangular wooden frame with angled top; gilded gesso with red and black border. Glazed. Original one-piece wooden backboard.

Material:

Textile
Cotton
Wood
Glass

Dimensions:

H-22 W-14.25 D-0.8 inches

Provenance:

Purchased by the donors from Cobbs Auctioneers, Peterborough, NH, February 23, 2019; lot #62.

S. Ethel Upham, age nine, won the award for best plain sewing by a girl under ten years of age at the New Hampshire State Fair in Concord, September 19-21, 1882.

Credit Line:

Gift of Mr. and Mrs. James L. Garvin

People:

Upham, S. Ethel (1873-1958)

Subjects:

Sewing, Needlework, State fairs, Awards