Tablecloth Fragment

Object/Artifact

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Historic Germantown

Name/Title

Tablecloth Fragment

Entry/Object ID

CW 799

Description

Tablecloth fragment. Linen tablecloth fragment 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 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 Objects

Made/Created

Date made

circa 1783

Place

* Untyped Place

Wilmington, Delaware

Material

Linen

Provenance

Notes

Linen tablecloth fragment whose thread was spun and woven by Lydia Richards Seal (1762-1845) in Wilmington, Delaware, from flax grown by her husband Joshua Seal. 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.