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Six Shaker Textiles and a Bundle of Flax

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$461$375
Auction: Discovery - 2918TLocation: MarlboroughDate / Time: August 09, 2016 10:00AM

Description:

Six Shaker Textiles and a Bundle of Flax, including a scarf of fine white linen with six stripes of duplicate threads forming a border on four sides, 3/4-in. piece added to one side, embroidered "T.W." in blue cross-stitch in center, 1/8-in. high, (two fine early repairs, two small stains, one small hole),"T.W." probably Tabitha Williams, admitted to the Church at Canterbury, New Hampshire, December 11, 1792, ht. 32 1/4, wd. 32; a silk neckerchief, plain weave, double thread border of light lines on all four sides, hand-sewn hem, ht. 35 1/4, wd. 35; an undyed linen, 3/8-in. deep hem, hand-sewn at ends, ht. 36 3/4, lg. 72; a sheer linen panel pieced from three strips sewn together lengthwise with a fourth strip attached along one end, hemmed on all four sides, seams are all flat-felled, (scattered holes, brown spots),an attached handwritten tag reads, "Bolting used in Shaker Grist Mill when making Flour. After wheat was ground the last sifting was through this material which left a fine white flour.," lg. 26 3/8, wd. 16 1/4; a cotton scarf of fine undyed cotton, border on four sides of fourteen small stripes of duplicate threads of same color, on right edge, 1 1/2-in. width of entire border pattern is a separate piece which has been sewn onto main portion, "C" in center in blue, 1/4-in. high, in running stitches, (a few scattered slight stains and a very small hole near the "C"),ht. 37 3/4, wd. 37 1/4; a fine linen scarf with border on all four sides, one side with 3/4-in. wide piece added, border consists of duplicate threads in five rows, two thick lines, one thin, two thick, "RA" in center in black cross-stitch, (approx. 3 x 1/2-in. rust stain near one edge),ht. 34 3/4, wd. 35 1/4 in.; the flax bundle composed of linen threads, which were probably originally formed into a skein.
Estimate $300-500


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Tabitha Williams, Canterbury