UCONN HISTORICAL COSTUME & TEXTILE COLLECTION




1850(19th c.)

Bed sheet


White/cream linen (?) sheet (78”x90”); hand sewn, 3/8” rolled seam at base, 1.5” deep hem at top decorated with 1/8” of drawn work, long edges = selvedge edges; No center seams so ~80” width loom used; Center top, monogrammed “BCA” in 2.75” satin stitch letters. Belonged to Harriet Wetmore Chapell Newcomb; good condition staining and areas of loss pair to T 1242




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

Construction Label:
woven, embroidered, drawn work



1974T 1850.1241