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Maker(s):Stark Mills
Culture:American
Title:grain bag
Date Made:1853-1854
Type:Tool - Agricultural
Materials:textile: bleached (white), basket weave cotton canvas with isolated light brown stripes
Place Made:United States; New Hampshire
Measurements:Overall: 42 in x 19 1/4 in; 106.7 cm x 48.9 cm
Accession Number:  HD 2013.14.2
Credit Line:William T. Brandon Collection
Museum Collection:  Historic Deerfield

Description:
“STARK MILLS/ SEAMLESS/ A” stamped on front; “162” painted by hand on the back. Grain bag made of cotton canvas (woven in a basket weave), with groupings of light brown vertical stripes. Top-opening; seamed at the bottom, Stark Mills specialized in seamless bag (machine) weaving; a continuous tube was woven and desired lengths were cut and seamed at the bottom. Stark Mills was making these bags at least in 1853 and 1854.

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