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Towel
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Towel

Textile MakerMade by Lucy Langdon American, 1792 - 1846
Dateabout 1810-1820
MediumHand-woven linen
DimensionsPrimary Dimensions (height x width): 35 x 26in. (88.9 x 66cm)
ClassificationsTextiles
Credit LineGift of Virginia Bauer
DescriptionHand-woven linen towel, bird's-eye pattern. Long sides are selvages, top and bottom edges are narrow-hemmed. The towel is marked near the top in ink with the hand-written initials "L L".
Object number2001.110.1
Inscribed"L L" hand-written in ink near center, five inches from one edge.
Subject Terms
    On View
    Not on view
    Museum purchase, 1987.201.0  Photograph by David Stansbury.   © 2009 The Connecticut Historical…
    Fanny Maria Case
    1835-1843
    2005.178.1
    Mary Augusta Young
    about 1969
    Gift of George J. and Mary C. Leger, 2001.113.3a-p  Photograph by David Stansbury.  © 2009 The …
    Sally Hinsdale
    1824-1825
    Gift of Emily Strickland, 1939.8.1  Photograph by Gavin Ashworth.  © 2009 The Connecticut Histo…
    Lucy Ripley
    1804-1805
    Gift of the Hartford Foundation for Public Giving, 1964.35.0  Photograph by Gavin Ashworth.  © …
    Elizabeth Swan
    1761-1778
    Sampler
    Elizabeth Green
    late 18th-early 19th century
    1966.49.0 on a bed.
    Lucy Arnold
    1815
    Wholecloth Quilt
    Punderson family
    1750-1775
    The Newman S. Hungerford Museum Fund,  2002.40.0  Photograph by Gavin Ashworth.  © 2009 The Con…
    Denison Family
    1740-1760
    Gift of Newton C. Brainard, 1962.28.2d,e,g  Photograph by Gavin Ashworth.  © 2009 The Connectic…
    Prudence Geer
    about 1770
    Gift of Newton C. Brainard, 1962.28.2b  Photograph by Gavin Ashworth.  © 2009 The Connecticut H…
    Prudence Geer
    about 1770