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Box 56

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Contains 54 Results:

Dark brown with satin stripes of brown white and green cotton challie delaine textile; Used for a little girl’s dress; 1855; From Mrs. Clara Brown Brentlinger; Denver, CO

 Item — Box: 56
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

Brown striped with black silk changeable textile; Used for a gown worn by Mrs. Dyer; 1855

 Item — Box: 56
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

Bottle green wool merino textile; Used for a dress worn by the aunt of Mary Copeland; 1855, Southern Ohio; From Mary Copeland Colley; San Francisco; (Note: “This gown was of the Crinoline Period when skirts were wide and sleeves were ‘flowing.’ The sleeves of this gown were trimmed with this open-work velvet ribbon.”)

 Item — Box: 56
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

Unbleached wool flannel textile; Used for blanket; spun and woven by Miss Lois C. Bates of Dixon, Illinois; Before 1856; From Miss Lillian I. Davis; Princeton, IL; 1920

 Item — Box: 56
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 counterpane textile Used for a bed covering; woven by Miss Lois C. Bates of Dixon, IL; Before 1856; From Miss Lillian I. Davis; Princeton, IL; 1920; (Note: “In 1856, Miss Bates married Mr. John G. Hewitt, Proprietor of “The Bureau County Republican,” Princeton, Illinois.”)

 Item — Box: 56
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 embroidered edging; Used for the trimming of a petticoat worn by Miss Mary Copeland; 1858, Southern Ohio; From Mrs. Mary Copeland Colley; San Francisco, CA 1895; (Note: “(This was about the first machine-made embroidery to appear in the shops and the hand-embroidery was gladly abandoned)” )

 Item — Box: 56
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 ground, sprigs of red and blue cotton lawn batiste textile; Used for a gown worn by Mrs. Dyer; 1857, MA; From Mrs. Clara Brown Brentlinger; Denver, CO

 Item — Box: 56
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

Yellow and white, madder-brown with red rose and foliage; putty colored with black arrowheads cotton imported calico textiles; Used for dresses and then served for many years in a patchwork quilt; 1850’s; From Mrs. Clara Brown Brentlinger; Denver, CO

 Item — Box: 56
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

Madder and cream colored cotton calico textile; Used for an elderly woman’s dress; 1850’s, New England; From Miss Florence Moore; Los Angeles

 Item — Box: 56
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 and various colored cotton calico textile; Used for a child’s dress; 1850’s, Maryland; From Miss Lea Shields; Los Angeles, 1894

 Item — Box: 56
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