Object Record
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Accession number |
1987.094 |
Object Identification Number |
1987.094.014c |
Object Name |
Scarf, Bureau |
Donor |
Cummins, Elva Karen |
Description |
Bureau scarf. Part of a vanity set (1987.094.014a-c). White linen bureau scarf. Rectangular in shape with rounded corners. Interior embroidery forms a rounded corner rectangle with a plain oval in the middle. Embroidery includes pink french knots at each rounded corner as well as pink cross stitch, blue running stitch and daisy stitch. Outer edges have hemstitching with light blue blanket stitch and white crochet edging. |
Dimensions |
W-12 L-17.875 inches |
Made By |
Peters, Laura M. (Andersen) |
Year Range From |
1870 |
Year Range To |
1880 |
Place Of Origin |
USA/NE/Omaha |
Owned By |
Peters, Laura M. (Andersen)/Nelsen, Stella M./Cummins, Elva Karen |
Material |
linen/thread |
Associated People |
Peters, Laura M. (Andersen) Nelsen, Stella M. Cummins, Elva Karen |
Search Terms |
Peters, Laura M. (Andersen) Nelsen, Stella M. Cummins, Elva Karen vanity set doily needlework bureau scarf Omaha Nebraska crochet embroidery french knots cross stitch running stitch daisy stitch |
Provenance |
This vanity set (1987.094.014a-c) was probably made by the donor's maternal grandmother, Danish immigrant Laura M. (Andersen) Peters. The donor dates her grandmother's work to 1870-1880s, after Laura arrived in the United States. The handwork was passed down to the donor's mother, Stella M. Nelsen, and then to the donor. Laura M. (Andersen) Peters was born on 26 June 1849 in Denmark. She married Frederick M. Peters (shortened from Petersen), a baker by trade, at an unknown date. Laura and Frederick settled in Omaha, Nebraska, where Laura's sister and brother-in-law lived. Laura had seven children between the years of 1875 and 1887. When the youngest child was 3 or 4, the entire family returned to Copenhagen to open a bakery. Four years later, the family returned to Omaha. Around the time of the 1905 Lewis and Clark Exposition in Portland, Oregon, Frederick moved to Portland to open a Danish bakery. Laura and all of their adult children then joined him in Portland, where they all remained for the rest of their lives. The donor's mother, Stella, met her future husband, a Danish immigrant, in her father's bakery. |
Images |
007\1987094014c.JPG |
Date Received by Museum |
1987 |