Dressing Table Cover

Object/Artifact

-

Vermont Historical Society

Name/Title

Dressing Table Cover

Entry/Object ID

2014.60.928

Description

Square cotton dressing table cover embroidered in redwork with a design of a sprig of waterlilies and the words, "Sweet Lilies close their leaves At Night".

Context

Likely owned by Martha Peck Bates of Barre, Vermont

Acquisition

Accession

2014.60

Source or Donor

Barre Historical Society, Inc.

Acquisition Method

Transfer

Lexicon

Nomenclature 4.0

Nomenclature Secondary Object Term

Throw, Table

Nomenclature Primary Object Term

Throw

Nomenclature Sub-Class

Furniture Coverings

Nomenclature Class

Household Accessories

Nomenclature Category

Category 02: Furnishings

Dimensions

Dimension Description

Overall

Height

28 in

Length

30 in

Material

Cotton

Relationships

Related Person or Organization

Person or Organization

Bates, Martha Fuller Peck (1846-1924)

Related Places

Place

City

Barre City

County

Washington County

State/Province

Vermont

Country

United States of America

Continent

North America