Textiles and Garment Pieces
Unidentified Enfield Shaker maker (Enfield, New Hampshire), American, active 1793-1923
Miscellaneous textiles and garment pieces found with 16696 (Shaker). A: Textile fragment with one finished edge, made of dark maroon wool & linen. Probably a skirt panel. Textile from the same batch as Shaker dress attributed to Henrietta Spooner (48.40.16996). B: Textile fragment with one finished edge, made of dark maroon wool & linen. Probably a skirt panel. From the same batch as Shaker dress attributed to Henrietta Spooner (48.40.16996). C: Small scrap of cloth possibly left over from the manufacture of a child's smock. (48.40.17308) D: Dark maroon wool hood for a Shaker cape. E: Collar made of off-white wool and black silk.
Hood Museum of Art, Dartmouth: Gift of Paul St. Gaudens
48.40.17309
Geography
Place Made: United States, North America
Period
19th century
Object Name
Textile
Research Area
Textiles and Costumes
Not on view
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