Tablecloth
- Object Name:
- Tablecloth
- Object ID:
- 2021.033
- Place of Origin:
- New England
- Date:
- 1790-1820
- Description:
- Tablecloth. Two panels of white overshot woven patterned linen. Netted fringe with tassels on all four sides, made of two-ply S-twist white cotton thread.
- Material:
- Textile
Linen
Cotton - Dimensions:
- W-48 L-48 inches
- Provenance:
- The tablecloth was a Christmas gift to the donor from her husband, who had purchased it at an antique shop in Durham, NH, in the 1990s. The dealer had purchased it at an estate sale in central New Hampshire. Illustrated and discussed in chapter 8 of the donor's book, "The Age of Homespun: Objects and Stories in the Creation of an American Myth," 2001.
- Credit Line:
- Gift of Laurel Thatcher Ulrich
- Subjects:
- Tablecloths, Linen
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