Name/Title
Towel, ShowEntry/Object ID
2000.122.116Description
Red & white work dress towel/splasher.
Design is a rebus puzzle w/ a coffee pot, a capital T, a teakettle and a capital B.
Words are"filling the pot spoils the boiling" worked in a red embroidered running stitch.
Hemstitched with a single row of red embroidery on all four sides.Collection
Household AccessoriesMade/Created
Date made
1920 - 1940Notes
Date: 1920-1940Lexicon
Nomenclature 4.0
Nomenclature Primary Object Term
Towel, ShowNomenclature Sub-Class
Decorative FurnishingsNomenclature Class
Household AccessoriesNomenclature Category
Category 02: FurnishingsDimensions
Width
14-1/2 inLength
33 in