Towel

Object/Artifact

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Saco Museum

Name/Title

Towel

Entry/Object ID

1974.10.13

Description

Linen towel in a pattern of M's and O's woven by Abigail Carpenter Gay (1771-1856) of New London, New Hampshire. Hemmed on all four sides with a linen tape loop sewn to the middle of one of the short ends.

Made/Created

Artist

Gay, Abigail Carpenter

Date made

1800 - 1830

Interpretative Labels

Label Type

Cultural/Historical Context

Label

This small towel also descended in the stepfamily of Nabby Gay. It is woven in the same M’s and O’s pattern as the coverlet woven by Betsy Ricker of Lebanon, Maine.