UCONN HISTORICAL COSTUME & TEXTILE COLLECTION




1800

towel


White cotton “Huck” towel; weave shows a “box” weave pattern; 3.5” strip of drawn lace work either end. Above one end white monogram “CWC” in 2.5” letters; 43 x 26"; good condition, quarter sized hole near one end, some loss in drawn work. Belonged to Cornelia Wetmore Chapell Porter Pair to T 1239;




Provenance:
Back, Mrs Clara Newcomb (widow of Ernest A. Back) formerly of Chaplin, CT.

Construction Label:
woven, drawn lacework



1974T 1800.1240