Object Number 2013.0031.159

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

Probably.

Date

1840

Mark or Signature or Inscription or Label

1. Label; Sewn on fabric label, reverse; "2013.31.159" (ink)
2. Inscription; Within embroidered design; "NANCY BOMBERGER / 1840 / MB FB PB FS IS BG IG MB AB EB MB SB MB" (embroidered thread)
3. Inscription; Within embroidered design; "When I am Dead and Buried And all my Bones are Rotten / When This You See Remember me Leist I Should be forgotten" (embroidered thread)
4. Inscription; Within embroidered design; "NANCY BOMBERGER" (embroidered thread)

Materials

Linen; Cotton

Techniques

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

Construction Description

Hand-embroidered

Dimensions (inches)

59 (L) , 16.75 (W)

Dimensions (centimeters)

149.86 (L) , 42.545 (W)

Measurement Notes

Length includes fringe.

Object Description

Text available soon.

Bibliography and Bibliographic Notes

[Catalogue] Minardi, Lisa. 2015 A Colorful Folk: Pennsylvania Germans & the Art of Everyday Life.
• Published: fig. 34, p.30