Pocket

Object/Artifact

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Saco Museum

Name/Title

Pocket

Entry/Object ID

2019.1.1

Description

Pocket, printed cotton front, pieced plain linen back, edges bound with tape. Print is ca. 1760-1790 dress fabric, probably printed in England, in an all-over pattern featuring an assortment of pink flowers, blue flowers, branches of leaves which are now brown, some leaves also printed in 2-step green process and are now blue, all tied in floral sprays with a small bow either a pink/red or blue. The pocket has been patched with a similar type fabric at the bottom of the slit in the front to the right side. The ties have been replaced with modern cotton twill tape. The pattern repeat is 13 3/4" inches.

Made/Created

Date made

1760 - 1780

Dimensions

Height

16-3/4 in

Width

14 in

Material

Cotton, Linen