Sheet
Date1745
Artist/Maker
A. Mitchell
OriginAmerica, Pennsylvania
MediumLinen, silk marking stitches
DimensionsW: 77"; L: 93"
Credit LineMuseum Purchase
Object number1960-909
DescriptionRectangular bed sheet woven of natural linen in plain or tabby weave. Made in two pieces, with center seam butted and stitched lengthwise at selvages. Hand-stitched hems top and bottom measure slightly less than 1/4" wide. Selvages form side finish. Hand cross or marking stitch near center seam reads, AM 1745. Another mark in the other panel reads AM. Thin and stained. Linen selvage width about 38 1/2".
Thread count: 39-40 warps/ inch X 34-36 wefts/ inch.
Label TextThis sheet was identified by a later descendent as that of Pennsylvania resident Agnes Croasdel Warner Mitchel. She was first married to Joseph Warner, and her second husband was Richard Mitchel.
Markings"AM 1745"
ProvenanceLabel on ruled paper once stitched to sheet, now in object folder. Ink inscription reads: "1745. Agnes Croasdel, Warner Mitchel, married Richard Mitchel, she married our great great grandfather, Joseph Warner 1st, Richard Mitchel 2nd, this is her sheet." /s? Mary E. Warner
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ca. 1790
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Late 18th-early 19th century
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1698 (dated)
