Object Number 2013.0031.154

Object Name

Towel (Decorated hand towel)

Category

Textiles (Needlework)

Credit Line/Donor

Museum purchase with funds provided by the Henry Francis du Pont Collectors Circle

Place of Origin

Lancaster, Pennsylvania, Mid-Atlantic, United States, North America

Origin Notes

Possibly.

Date

1830-1850

Materials

Linen

Techniques

Woven (plain), Drawn work, Dresden work, Embroidered

Construction Description

Hand-embroidered

Dimensions (inches)

Dimensions (centimeters)

Object Description

Text available soon.

Bibliography and Bibliographic Notes

[Book] Gehret, Ellen J., et al. 1985 This Is the Way I Pass My Time. 18.
• Dating undated towels: p. 46