Name/Title
TableclothEntry/Object ID
CW 802Description
Tablecloth. Linen tablecloth whose thread was spun and woven by Lydia Richards Seal (1762-1845) in Wilmington, Delaware, from flax grown by her husband Joshua Seal. Circa 1783. Condition not given.
The donor, Emily Smyth Cooper (Johnson), was a descendant of Lydia Richards Seal and the daughter of Lucy Smyth and Howard M. Cooper of Camden New Jersey at her marriage to James Johnson of Philadelphia May 8, 1915.
Transcribed from original accession record.Collection
Germantown Historical Society ObjectsMade/Created
Date made
circa 1783Place
* Untyped Place
Wilmington, DelawareProvenance
Notes
The donor, Emily Smyth Cooper (Johnson), was the daughter of Lucy Smyth and Howard M. Cooper of Camden New Jersey, who married James Johnson of Philadelphia May 8, 1915. Emily Smyth Cooper Johnson was a 1907 graduate of Bryn Mawr College. From 1911 to 1919 she served ad Chairman of Trustees of Camden Friends' School.