Box 55
Container
Contains 55 Results:
Lilac cotton English muslin textile; Used for a dress worn by three successive generations of daughter of the Williams Family; 1814, Paris, KY; From Harriet Hutchcraft Hill, granddaughter of “Old Cerro Gordo Williams”; (Note: “She was wearing this as a petticoat until remonstrated with O.P., Los Angeles, CA 1898- As she gaily tore off a flounce for me, she said: My great-uncle (I think he was the one who was ambassador to Russia) brought this from England, in the year 1814, in an old sailing ship!”)
Item — Box: 55
Identifier: Series 12:
Series Scope and Content
From the Series:
This series consists of fabric, ribbon and decorative fringe textile samples owned and received by Olive Percival. It also includes newspaper advertisements showing the pricing of textiles at the time of printing, among other topics. Included are (3) hand-stitched sachets filled with cloves and still fragrant, and misc. identification tags in O.P.’s writing, as well as some miscellaneous correspondence regarding valentines and tags, both in O.P.’s hand and type written, used for an...
Dates:
1800-1939
Lilac and white wool vesting textile; Used for a man’s vest; 1815, VT; From Eliza Lounsberry Scott; San Francisco, CA; 1895
Item — Box: 55
Identifier: Series 12:
Series Scope and Content
From the Series:
This series consists of fabric, ribbon and decorative fringe textile samples owned and received by Olive Percival. It also includes newspaper advertisements showing the pricing of textiles at the time of printing, among other topics. Included are (3) hand-stitched sachets filled with cloves and still fragrant, and misc. identification tags in O.P.’s writing, as well as some miscellaneous correspondence regarding valentines and tags, both in O.P.’s hand and type written, used for an...
Dates:
1800-1939
Blue cotton calico textile; Used for a dress and then patched into a pattern for a quilt; pattern kept in a sewing basket for three generations. 1825; From Mary Copeland Colley; San Francisco, CA; 1895
Item — Box: 55
Identifier: Series 12:
Series Scope and Content
From the Series:
This series consists of fabric, ribbon and decorative fringe textile samples owned and received by Olive Percival. It also includes newspaper advertisements showing the pricing of textiles at the time of printing, among other topics. Included are (3) hand-stitched sachets filled with cloves and still fragrant, and misc. identification tags in O.P.’s writing, as well as some miscellaneous correspondence regarding valentines and tags, both in O.P.’s hand and type written, used for an...
Dates:
1800-1939
White cotton homespun textile; Used for blocks in a quilt pattern patched in 1825 and kept in a work basket for three generations;1825; From Mary Copeland Colley; San Francisco, CA; 1895
Item — Box: 55
Identifier: Series 12:
Series Scope and Content
From the Series:
This series consists of fabric, ribbon and decorative fringe textile samples owned and received by Olive Percival. It also includes newspaper advertisements showing the pricing of textiles at the time of printing, among other topics. Included are (3) hand-stitched sachets filled with cloves and still fragrant, and misc. identification tags in O.P.’s writing, as well as some miscellaneous correspondence regarding valentines and tags, both in O.P.’s hand and type written, used for an...
Dates:
1800-1939
Pink and multi-colored striped cotton vesting textile; Used for a wedding vest worn by Loring Warfield (b. 1808; m. 1828 to Mary Barnes [b.1807]); 1828, IN; From Louise Tyrell Fogle; Bourbon, IN; 1917
Item — Box: 55
Identifier: Series 12:
Series Scope and Content
From the Series:
This series consists of fabric, ribbon and decorative fringe textile samples owned and received by Olive Percival. It also includes newspaper advertisements showing the pricing of textiles at the time of printing, among other topics. Included are (3) hand-stitched sachets filled with cloves and still fragrant, and misc. identification tags in O.P.’s writing, as well as some miscellaneous correspondence regarding valentines and tags, both in O.P.’s hand and type written, used for an...
Dates:
1800-1939
Cream and madder colored cotton print textile; Used for a young lady’s dress worn by Mary Barnes Warfield (b. 1807; d. 1844); 1820’s; From Louise Tyrell Fogle; Bourbon, IN; 1915
Item — Box: 55
Identifier: Series 12:
Series Scope and Content
From the Series:
This series consists of fabric, ribbon and decorative fringe textile samples owned and received by Olive Percival. It also includes newspaper advertisements showing the pricing of textiles at the time of printing, among other topics. Included are (3) hand-stitched sachets filled with cloves and still fragrant, and misc. identification tags in O.P.’s writing, as well as some miscellaneous correspondence regarding valentines and tags, both in O.P.’s hand and type written, used for an...
Dates:
1800-1939
Black and white colored vesting textile; Used for a man’s vest; 1830; From Cousin Ruth Graves; Hartford, CT
Item — Box: 55
Identifier: Series 12:
Series Scope and Content
From the Series:
This series consists of fabric, ribbon and decorative fringe textile samples owned and received by Olive Percival. It also includes newspaper advertisements showing the pricing of textiles at the time of printing, among other topics. Included are (3) hand-stitched sachets filled with cloves and still fragrant, and misc. identification tags in O.P.’s writing, as well as some miscellaneous correspondence regarding valentines and tags, both in O.P.’s hand and type written, used for an...
Dates:
1800-1939
White linen homespun textile; Used for household purposes; Woven by Ada (penciled “Adah” and “For bed sitting-quilt”) Thatcher; Graves “(My Great-Aunt)”; 1833, Lee, MA; From cousin Julia Graves; Hartford, CT; 1917
Item — Box: 55
Identifier: Series 12:
Series Scope and Content
From the Series:
This series consists of fabric, ribbon and decorative fringe textile samples owned and received by Olive Percival. It also includes newspaper advertisements showing the pricing of textiles at the time of printing, among other topics. Included are (3) hand-stitched sachets filled with cloves and still fragrant, and misc. identification tags in O.P.’s writing, as well as some miscellaneous correspondence regarding valentines and tags, both in O.P.’s hand and type written, used for an...
Dates:
1800-1939
Black cotton “Farmer’s Satin (striped)” textile; Used by Cordelia W. Bruce; c. 1835 (Note: “Cordelia W. Bruce md. Great-Uncle John Percival 23 June 1842, Auburn, New York (by Rev. L.E. Lathrop)”)
Item — Box: 55
Identifier: Series 12:
Series Scope and Content
From the Series:
This series consists of fabric, ribbon and decorative fringe textile samples owned and received by Olive Percival. It also includes newspaper advertisements showing the pricing of textiles at the time of printing, among other topics. Included are (3) hand-stitched sachets filled with cloves and still fragrant, and misc. identification tags in O.P.’s writing, as well as some miscellaneous correspondence regarding valentines and tags, both in O.P.’s hand and type written, used for an...
Dates:
1800-1939
Straw and various colored silk brocade and seeded silk textile; Used for a dress worn by Miss Margaret Goddard 1837, Western New Yorkl; From Mrs. Adelaide Crandall; Alfred, NY 1917
Item — Box: 55
Identifier: Series 12:
Series Scope and Content
From the Series:
This series consists of fabric, ribbon and decorative fringe textile samples owned and received by Olive Percival. It also includes newspaper advertisements showing the pricing of textiles at the time of printing, among other topics. Included are (3) hand-stitched sachets filled with cloves and still fragrant, and misc. identification tags in O.P.’s writing, as well as some miscellaneous correspondence regarding valentines and tags, both in O.P.’s hand and type written, used for an...
Dates:
1800-1939