Hand towel

Item Information

Title:
Hand towel
Description:
Plain rectangular off-white woven linen towel (diaper pattern or bird's eye? weave); sides are selvedge; ends hemmed; each towel marked at upper left w/ black ink handwritten inscription (see Inscription). Hanging loops at top center.
Date:
1850–1870
Format:
Objects/Artifacts
Genre:
spinning (textile process)
hand spinning
linen (material)
weaving
towels
Location:
Historic New England
Collection (local):
Digitized Museum Collections
Subjects:
Linen
Woven
Homespun
Places:
Massachusetts > Essex (county) > Newbury
Spencer-Peirce-Little Farm (Newbury, Mass.)
Extent:
31.5 in. x 18.5 in. (H x W)
Link to Item:
https://gusn.us/14950
Terms of Use:
Rights status not evaluated.
Contact host institution for more information.
Notes:
Bequest of Amelia W. Little
Accession #:
1986.1140.8
Identifier:
14950