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Maker(s):Hawks, Sarah
Culture:American (1787-1873)
Title:sheet
Date Made:early to mid 19th century
Type:Bedding
Materials:textile: white plain weave linen; brown silk embroidery
Place Made:United States; Massachusetts; Wapping
Measurements:overall: 94 x 67 in.; 238.76 x 170.18 cm
Accession Number:  HD 86.072
Credit Line:Gift of Mary Hawks
Museum Collection:  Historic Deerfield

Description:
Linen sheet in a tabby weave, with the initials "S.H.", for Sarah Hawks, embroidered in brown in the corner. The sheet was woven by Sarah Allis Hawks (1787-1873), daughter of William Allis of Hatfield, who married Quartus Hawks (1778-1842) of Wapping in 1808. The sheet descended in the Hawks family from Quartus' son, Horatio (1819-1865), to his grandson, Dwight Allis (b.1848), then great-grandson, Paul (b.1891), and then great-great granddaughter, Mary Hawks. The sheet is made of two widths of cloth seamed at the selvage with 1/4" hem at each end.

Subjects:
Textile fabrics; Embroidery; Linen; Silk

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