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Towel (Decorated hand towel)
Litty Buckwalter
March 18 1853 (1853-1853)
Category
Textiles (Needlework)
Creator/Artist/Maker
Litty Buckwalter (Maker)
Place of Origin
Pennsylvania; Mid-Atlantic; United States; North America
Materials
- Linen
- Wool
Museum Object Number
1969.1168
Credit Line/Donor
Bequest of Henry Francis du Pont
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Object Number
1969.1168
Object Name
Towel (Decorated hand towel)
Category
Textiles (Needlework)
Creator (Role)
Litty Buckwalter (Maker)
Place of Origin
Pennsylvania; Mid-Atlantic; United States; North America
Date
March 18 1853 (1853-1853)
Mark/Signature/Inscription/Label
Type: Inscription
Location: Within embroidered design
Inscription: "The Grass is green The Rose is Red Here / is my name when I am dead Litty Buc / kwalter She marked this towel Done The 18 day of March / When I am dead and in my / Grave and all my bones / Are Rotten A.D. 1853 When / This you see Remember me / Lest I should Be forgotten / Litty Buckwalter is my / Name and Heaven is my / Salvation Pennsylvania / is my dwelling place/ and christ is my sustation / LB / OEHBDDE" (embroidered thread)
Mark/Signature: Yes
Materials
- Linen
- Wool
Techniques
- Woven (plain)
- Embroidered
- Cross stitched
Construction Description
Hand-embroidered
Dimensions (inches)
19.18 (W) x 66.12 (L)
Dimensions (centimeters)
48.73 (W) x 167.96 (L)
Measurement Notes
Size in cm's: OL: 167.90cm.;OW: 48.70cm.
Bibliography and Bibliographic Notes
Book: Noel Hume, Ivor. 2001 If These Pots Could Talk: Collecting 200 Years of British Household Pottery.
• Toy (miniature) whiteware chamberpot with related inscription: p. 78, fig. IV.2, 19th century with printed "REMEMBER ME / WHEN THIS YOU SEE."Book: Gehret, Ellen J., et al. 1985 This Is the Way I Pass My Time. 18.
• Noted on p. 273, no. 362.