Museum Object Number2000.0007.021 |
Towel (Decorated hand towel)
Textiles (Needlework)
Marguerite Porter Davison Collection
Gift of Marguerite Porter Davison Collection of Pennsylvania Textiles; 1750-1850
Sara Hibner (Maker)
Lancaster, Pennsylvania, Mid-Atlantic, United States, North America
Probably.
1. Inscription; On drawn work panel; "SARA HIBNER SARA HIBNER / DEN ELFTEN MERTZ 1832" (embroidered thread)
Linen
Woven (twill), Woven (plain), Embroidered, Cross stitched, Drawn work
Hand-embroidered
52 (L) , 16 (W)
132.08 (L) , 40.64 (W)
Measured by the Handweaver's Study Group: 129.5 x 41 cms. Ends per inch: 48-50 Picks per inch: 36-40
Text available soon.
[Thesis] Jatcko, Sara A. 2007 The Love of Research and the Gift for New Weavings: The Work, Collections, and Legacy of Marguerite Porter Davison. 183 pages M.A. University of Delaware Winterthur Program in Early American Culture
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[Book] Gehret, Ellen J., et al. 1985 This Is the Way I Pass My Time. 18.
• Similar: p. 40, fig. 41