Object Record
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Metadata
Accession number |
1986.115 |
Object Identification Number |
1986.115.004 |
Object Name |
Towel, Show |
Donor |
Silver, Karen Agneta |
Description |
Show towel. Made from white linen. Hemstitching and wide blue hems along both short edges. Counted cross stitch scene on one short end of pink and blue house on a green and yellow island. Two small brown sailboats on either side of the island on the sea in the distance. |
Dimensions |
W-15 L-25 inches |
Made By |
Andersen, Elsie |
Creation Date |
c. 1906 |
Place Of Origin |
USA/IA/Newell |
Material |
linen/thread |
Associated People |
Silver, Karen Agneta Andersen, Elsie |
Search Terms |
Silver, Karen Agneta Andersen, Elsie Newell Iowa cross stitch hemstitch house island sailboats sea |
Provenance |
Embroidery done by the donor's mother, Elsie Andersen, of Newell, Iowa. She learned how to embroider while in Denmark. Donor dated this towel to circa 1906. |
Images |
006\1986115004.JPG |