Washcloth

Knitted Textile

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Vermont Historical Society

Name/Title

Washcloth

Entry/Object ID

1951.19.5

Description

Knit washcloth. It is knit with several small gaps, creating purposeful, sporadic holes.

Context

Made by Mary Stevens Powers of Newbury, Vermont.

Acquisition

Accession

1951.19

Source or Donor

Horsfield, Ethel

Acquisition Method

Gift

Made/Created

Artist

Powers, Mary Stevens (1802-1892)

Date made

circa 1840

Place

Town

Newbury

County

Orange County

State/Province

Vermont

Country

United States of America

Continent

North America

Lexicon

Nomenclature 4.0

Nomenclature Secondary Object Term

Washcloth

Nomenclature Primary Object Term

Towel

Nomenclature Sub-Class

Hygiene Objects

Nomenclature Class

Toilet Articles

Nomenclature Category

Category 03: Personal Objects

Material

Linen