Object Number 1969.1142

Object Name

Towel (Decorated hand towel)

Category

Textiles (Needlework)

Credit Line/Donor

Bequest of Henry Francis du Pont

Creator (Role)

Catharina B. Weidman (Maker)
Two other towels made by members of the Weidman family are known; one lists the names of Isaac, Susanna, Peter, and Christina Weidman and is dated 1837 (see Gehret et al, This is the Way I Pass My Time, p. 279, no. 844). The other is dated 1838 and lists the name Catharina Weidman as the apparent maker, along with the names of Catharina B. Weidman, Peter, Christina, George, Susanna, Daniel, Joseph, Catharina, Margaret, Peter, Emanuel, Israel, Elisabeth Weidman, also Elisabeth Yundt (see Gehret et al, p. 281, no. 1047). Peter Weidman (1780-1867) and his wife Christina (1787-1868) are buried in the Emanuel Lutheran Church cemetery in Brickerville, Lancaster County. Peter Weidman was the son of Jacob and Barbara Weidman. His younger sister, Elisabeth Weidman, married George Yundt. (L. Minardi 5/29/2013)

Place of Origin

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

Origin Notes

Origin is probably Lancaster County based on family location.

Date

1810

Mark or Signature or Inscription or Label

1. Inscription; Within embroidered design; "CATHARINA / BWEIDMAN" (embroidered thread)
2. Inscription; Within embroidered design; "1810" (embroidered thread)

Materials

Cotton; Linen

Techniques

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

Construction Description

Hand-embroidered

Dimensions (inches)

67.5 (L) , 16 (W)

Dimensions (centimeters)

171.45 (L) , 40.64 (W)

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.
• Noted on p. 274, no. 379.