Name/Title
Guest towel with embroidered Swedish proverb of the Ekberg family, c. 1900Entry/Object ID
1996.196.84Description
ACC. NO. 96.196.84
SUBJECT CATEGORY: TEXTILES
DATE OR PERIOD: CIRCA 1900's
OBJECT: GUEST TOWEL
DESCRIPTION:
HEAVY WHITE-COLORED LINEN GUEST TOWEL, WITH EMBROIDERED DESIGNS (POSSIBLY OF SWEDISH ORIGIN). ONE END OF THE TOWEL IS TRIMMED IN MACHINE LACE.
SIZE: L 35" X W 22"
HISTORY OF OBJECT:
TOWEL THAT BELONGED TO THE EKBERG FAMILY, OLD-TIME RESIDENTS OF ALAMEDA. MESSAGE ON GUEST TOWEL IS IN A FOREIGN LANGUAGE: "MORGONSTUND HAR GULD I MUN." A TRANSLATION WAS MADE ON 05 NOV 97 BY A NATIVE OF SWEDEN, WHO OFFERED THE MESSAGE: "THE EARLY BIRD CATCHES THE WORM!"
ACQUIRED FROM:
ESTATE OF ETHEL E EKBERG
DONATED ON JUNE 8, 1996
CATALOGED: NOVEMBER 1, 1997
