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Maker(s):Burr, Lucy Willard
Culture:American
Title:sheet
Date Made:ca. 1800
Type:Bedding
Materials:textile:bleached (white) plain weave linen; ink
Place Made:United States; Massachusetts
Measurements:overall: 90 7/8 x 80 1/2 in.; 230.8225 x 204.47 cm
Accession Number:  HD 1999.21.3
Credit Line:Gift of Jeanne S. Overstreet
Museum Collection:  Historic Deerfield

Description:
White linen sheet, made up of two 40" wide selvage widths. Marked "Burr" for Lucy Burr, written in ink in one corner and a sticker with "151" written in pencil (possibly a dealer tag). Sheets were one of the most basic and prevalent kinds of textile used for beds. By the 19th century, they could be marked with ink, as opposed to earlier cross stitched embroidery, to show ownership or inventory information.

Subjects:
Textile fabrics; Linen

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