Drawers
- Object Name:
- Drawers
- Object ID:
- 2008.063.04
- Creator:
- Curtis, Rachel
- Place of Origin:
- Kennebunk, ME
- Date:
- circa 1870
- Description:
- Drawers, woman's. White cotton. "Mary E. Curtis" stamped in ink on waist. "Mexican work" around bottom. One white button at waist.
- Material:
- Textile
Cotton - Dimensions:
- W-18 L-36 inches
- Provenance:
- Made c. 1870 by Rachel Curtis (1832-1912) of Kennebunk, ME, for her niece Mary E. (Curtis) Corson (1852-1941). From the James Corson family house, Salmon Falls Road, East Rochester, NH, built 1876. Donor is a descendant of James and Mary (Curtis) Corson, through daughter Edna (1880-1973), who married Seth Alton Capron.
Rachel Curtis had only one hand. - Credit Line:
- Gift of Priscilla Bellairs
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