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Towel (Decorated hand towel)
Elisabet Rauch
1800-1840
Category
Textiles (Needlework)
Creator/Artist/Maker
Elisabet Rauch (Maker)
Place of Origin
Pennsylvania; Mid-Atlantic; United States; North America
Materials
- Linen
- Silk
- Cotton
Museum Object Number
1969.1150
Credit Line/Donor
Bequest of Henry Francis du Pont
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Object Number
1969.1150
Object Name
Towel (Decorated hand towel)
Category
Textiles (Needlework)
Creator (Role)
Elisabet Rauch (Maker)
Place of Origin
Pennsylvania; Mid-Atlantic; United States; North America
Date
1800-1840
Mark/Signature/Inscription/Label
Type: Inscription
Location: Top
Inscription: "ELISABET / RAUCH" (embroidered thread)
Mark/Signature: Yes
Materials
- Linen
- Silk
- Cotton
Techniques
- Woven (plain)
- Embroidered
- Drawn work
- Cross stitched
- Dresden work
Construction Description
Hand-embroidered
Dimensions (inches)
16 (W) x 64.75 (L)
Dimensions (centimeters)
40.64 (W) x 164.465 (L)
Bibliography and Bibliographic Notes
Book: Swan, Susan Burrows. 1977 Plain & Fancy: American Women and Their Needlework, 1700-1850.
• Published: p. 133, fig. 70Book: Swan, Susan Burrows. 1995 Plain and Fancy: American Women and their Needlework, 1650-1850.
• Published: p. 136, fig. 74Book: Gehret, Ellen J., et al. 1985 This Is the Way I Pass My Time. 18.
• Published: p. 227, fig. 480. Noted on p. 273, no. 359.