Textile Fragment

Object/Artifact

Vermont Historical Society

Name/Title

Textile Fragment

Entry/Object ID

2007.18.158

Description

U-shaped white cotton fragment embroidered in whitework with a design of a wreath of 3-petaled flowers surrounding a larger 3-petaled flower. It is likely from a reticule.

Context

Possibly owned by a member of the Brownell family of Burlington, Vermont.

Acquisition

Accession

2007.18

Source or Donor

Carlisle, L. Diana, Carlisle, Penelope

Acquisition Method

Gift

Lexicon

Nomenclature 4.0

Nomenclature Secondary Object Term

Reticule

Nomenclature Primary Object Term

Fragment

Nomenclature Primary Object Term

Bag, Carrying

Nomenclature Sub-Class

Personal Carrying & Storage Gear

Nomenclature Class

Personal Gear

Nomenclature Category

Category 10: Unclassifiable Objects

Nomenclature Category

Category 03: Personal Objects

Dimensions

Dimension Description

Overall

Height

8-1/2 in

Width

8 in

Material

Cotton

Relationships

Related Person or Organization

Person or Organization

Brownell, Elva Mabel (1879-1971)

Related Places

Place

City

Burlington

County

Chittenden County

State/Province

Vermont

Country

United States of America

Continent

North America