2013.0031.118 Table cover
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Table cover (Tablecloth)

  • Category:

    Textiles (Furnishing)

  • Place of Origin:

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

  • Date:

    1825-1845

  • Materials:

    Linen; Silk

  • Techniques:

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

  • Museum Object Number:

    2013.0031.118


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Object Number

2013.0031.118

Object Name

Table cover (Tablecloth)

Category

Textiles (Furnishing)

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

1825-1845

Mark or Signature or Inscription or Label

1. Inscription; Worked near fringe edge; "EFA KIS" (embroidered thread)

Materials

Linen; Silk

Techniques

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

Construction Description

Hand-embroidered

Dimensions (inches)

70 (H) , 44 (W)

Dimensions (centimeters)

177.8 (H) , 111.76 (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.
Similar motifs and drawnwork.
[Catalogue] Minardi, Lisa. 2015 A Colorful Folk: Pennsylvania Germans & the Art of Everyday Life.
Published: fig. 25, p.25