Tablecloth
Gallery Location
Not on View
Maker
Samuel Fry (Canadian weaver in Vineland ON, 1812 - 1881)
Medium
Twill diaper in linen
Geography
Clinton Township, Lincoln County, Ontario, Canada
Date
1840-1860
Dimensions
189 x 176 cm
Object number
2004.88.5
Credit Line
The Annie R. Fry Collection
Collection
Department
Art & Culture: Global Fashion & Textiles
Bibliography
Show towel woven by Samuel Fry. Cotton tabby, natural, embroidered with initials "A N" and date "1829" in red cotton and brown silk, small floral motif between initials, towards lower end, three rows of run leno worked in ed, upper edge selvage with two suspension loops, sides hemmed, knotted fringe across lower edge, cotton probably imported. According to Dorothy and Harold Burnham: pattern no.12 in Samuel Fry's pattern book, is the same as coverlet 955.80.1.
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