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Maker(s):Blossom, Nancy
Culture:American
Title:reticule or bag
Date Made:1800-1820
Type:Personal Equipment
Materials:textile: white plain weave cotton; white netting
Place Made:United States; Vermont
Measurements:overall: 11 1/2 x 8 in.; 29.21 x 20.32 cm
Accession Number:  HD 2000.20.7
Credit Line:Mr. and Mrs. Hugh B. Vanderbilt Fund for Curatorial Acquisitions
Museum Collection:  Historic Deerfield

Description:
Woman's white cotton netted reticule or drawstring bag with a drawstring top with a tassel and gathered fringe, and a netted body with a diamond-shaped embroidered center on each side. The bag came with an index card: "Netted bag, white, with fancy diamond shaped piece of padded work on each side. A very beautiful piece of handwork. Inch cotton frill at top, drawstring with tassell. Belonged to and made by Nancy Blossom, sister of my great grandfather, David Goodrich." There is a Nancy Bidwell Blossom (1787-1864) who married Seth Blossom (1784-1859) of Wells, Vermont; one of Seth's sister was Polly Blossom (b.1793) who married Daniel Goodrich (1785-1852) of Wells, Vermont, in 1806.

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