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Box 58

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Contains 50 Results:

Green, blue, rose and white colored silk flowered taffeta textile; Used for a dress; 1860’s, MA; From Miss Helen R. Norton; Boston, MA; 1917

 Item — Box: 58
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

Tobacco brown novelty silk textile; Used for a dress; 1860’s, MA; From Miss Helen R. Norton; Boston, MA; 1917

 Item — Box: 58
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

Pea green, cream and dark green colored silk taffeta textile; Used for a dress; , 1860's

 Item — Box: 58
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: 1860's

“Maria Louisa Blue” and sky blue silk taffeta textiles; Used for a dress; 1860’s, TN; From Mrs. Elizabeth Drain; Los Angeles, CA ; 1917

 Item — Box: 58
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

Fawn, apple green, and black silk taffeta textile; Used for a dress; 1860’s, MA; From Miss Helen R. Norton; Boston, MA; 1917

 Item — Box: 58
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

Rose, white and black silk fancy taffeta textiles; Used for a dress; 1860’s, TN; From Mrs. Elizabeth P.H. Drain; Los Angeles, CA; 1917

 Item — Box: 58
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

Stone, maroon, and various colored silk brocaded grosgrain textile; Used for a dress; 1860’s, MA; From Miss Helen R. Norton; Boston, MA; 1917

 Item — Box: 58
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 hand-embroidered, hand tucked textile; Used for a petticoat worn by Miss Sarah Torrey; 1860’s, Salem, MA; From Miss Helen R. Norton; Boston, MA; 1917; (Note: “(She was the niece of the East India Trader, Captain Alvan Foote)” )

 Item — Box: 58
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

Rose and white colored silk gauze (satin striped); Used for a dress; “Second Empire”- (1852-1870); From Mrs. Torrey; Los Angeles; (Note: “Piece of costume bough at Hotel Drouot (?) in 1870 by the artist Eugene Torrey”)

 Item — Box: 58
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

“Mazarine Blue” silk drapery textile; Used for furniture coverings and curtains; 1870’s; From Louise Tyrrell Fogle; Bourbon, IN; 1917

 Item — Box: 58
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