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Bag
Stark Manufacturing Company
1850-1900
Description
Stark Mills, located in Manchester, New Hampshire, manufactured this seamless cotton bag in the second half of the 19th century. The bag is plain woven cotton with two gold-brown stripes in the front and two in the back; each stripe is four threads wide. The bottom of the bag is woven closed and then cut; the top edge is turned twice and hemmed with a machine-made chain stitch. Seamless bags were used to hold and transport items like ore, grain, sugar, or – in the case of this bag – gold. This object is one of a large group transferred to Winterthur from the American Textile History Museum when it closed in 2017.
Category
Textiles
Creator/Artist/Maker
Stark Manufacturing Company (Manufacturer)
Place of Origin
Manchester; New Hampshire; New England; United States; North America
Materials
- Cotton
Museum Object Number
2017.0019.066
Credit Line/Donor
American Textile History Museum Collection
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Object Number
2017.0019.066
Object Name
Bag
Category
Textiles - American Textile History Museum Collection
Creator (Role)
Stark Manufacturing Company (Manufacturer)
Place of Origin
Manchester; New Hampshire; New England; United States; North America
Date
1850-1900
Mark/Signature/Inscription/Label
Type: Inscription
Location: center
Inscription: STARK/MILLS/5,000/DOLLS[?]/GOLD
Mark/Signature: Yes
Materials
- Cotton
Techniques
- Woven (plain)
- Stenciled
Dimensions (inches)
6.12 (W) x 13.25 (L)
Dimensions (centimeters)
15.545 (W) x 33.655 (L)