Collection Highlights
Statue of Liberty, Bedloe's Island, New York
1888
1972.24
Watercolor over graphite on paper, overmatted
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Museum Collections
Decorative Arts
Sampler/Embroidered Towel
Title
Sampler/Embroidered Towel
Object name
Towel
Date
1829-1835
Medium
Linen
Dimensions
Overall: 67 1/2 x 18 in. ( 171.4 x 45.7 cm )
Description
Handmade linen handtowel with fabric tape loops at the top corners for suspension, square areas of drawnwork go down either side, containing stylized images of animals, plants and flowers, and a girl in a dress, going down the center are cross stitched stylized images of flowers and birds; there is a square panel of drawnwork at the bottom trimmed with drawnwork lacey fringe.
Credit Line
Gift of Mrs. J. Insley Blair
Object Number
1941.941
Marks
embroidered: bottom center of towel: "1835"
cut: top center of drawnwork panel: "1829"
Gallery Label
Hand towels were worked by adolescent girls of Pennsylvania German families and hung on the door between the kitchen and the sitting room of the home. The peak of hand towel production was between 1820 and 1850.
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
