Table Cover

Object/Artifact

Vermont Historical Society

Name/Title

Table Cover

Entry/Object ID

2007.18.373

Description

Table cover, or splasher. It is made from a rectangular piece of white waffle cloth. The red design is embroidered into the fabric using the cloth's weave as a guide. It features a large, decorative born and the monogram MA (or AM) in the center.

Use

A splasher would be hung on the wall or the back of a washstand to protect it from water splashing up from a washbowl.

Context

Made in Bellow Falls, Vermont.

Acquisition

Accession

2007.18

Source or Donor

Carlisle, L. Diana, Carlisle, Penelope

Acquisition Method

Gift

Made/Created

Date made

circa 1880

Place

Village

Bellows Falls

Town

Rockingham

County

Windham County

State/Province

Vermont

Country

United States of America

Continent

North America

Lexicon

Nomenclature 4.0

Nomenclature Secondary Object Term

Mat, Table

Nomenclature Primary Object Term

Lambrequin

Nomenclature Primary Object Term

Mat, Furniture

Nomenclature Sub-Class

Furniture Coverings

Nomenclature Class

Household Accessories

Nomenclature Category

Category 02: Furnishings

Dimensions

Dimension Description

Overall

Width

32 in

Length

15-1/2 in

Material

Cotton

Relationships

Related Person or Organization

Person or Organization

Howe, Francies Coolidge (1904-1993)

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