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1760-1800
GUSN-8188
Rectangular, off-white linen sheet, hemmed top and bottom with selvedge sides.
sheets (bed coverings)
cross-stitching
hand weaving
linen (material)
Sheet
Sheet
Cross-stitched: BWW/3 Paper label stitched on sheet: ""Linen homespun sheet woven in my grandmother Hanah Williams (1751-1844) family. I had some of them when I was married May 1837. Betsey W. Everett May 1892. October 1896.""
Unknown
68.5 (W) (inches)
Gift of Miss Catherine W. Faucon
1928.1008
1760-1800 (see provenance)
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