Textiles (Needlework)
Lancaster, Pennsylvania, Mid-Atlantic, United States, North America
1840
Linen; Cotton
Embroidered, Woven (plain), Cross stitched, Drawn work, Dresden work
2013.0031.159
Object Number2013.0031.159 |
Towel (Decorated hand towel)
Textiles (Needlework)
Museum purchase with funds provided by the Henry Francis du Pont Collectors Circle
Lancaster, Pennsylvania, Mid-Atlantic, United States, North America
Probably.
1840
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)
Linen; Cotton
Embroidered, Woven (plain), Cross stitched, Drawn work, Dresden work
Hand-embroidered
59 (L) , 16.75 (W)
149.86 (L) , 42.545 (W)
Length includes fringe.
Text available soon.
[Catalogue] Minardi, Lisa. 2015 A Colorful Folk: Pennsylvania Germans & the Art of Everyday Life.
• Published: fig. 34, p.30