Textile fragment

Description

This cotton textile fragment was manufactured by Columbus Mills, probably in the late 19th or early 20th century. It has manufacturer information stamped in blue ink and an original paper label still attached. The label is printed with a color engraving depicting Christopher Columbus first sighting the Americas. The date “1492” stamped below the label, referring to the year of Columbus’s voyage to the New World, may be the trademark or brand name Columbus Mills used for this particular fabric. This object is one of a large group transferred to Winterthur from the American Textile History Museum when it closed in 2017.