Collection Highlights
Ki On Twog Ky (also known as Cornplanter ) (1732/40-1836)
Date:
1796
Object Number:
1867.314
Medium:
Oil on canvas
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Hand towel
Object Number:
1941.940
Date:
1841
Medium:
Linen, cotton
Dimensions:
Overall: 69 x 17 3/4 in. ( 175.3 x 45.1 cm )
Marks:
embroidered: top center: "Catharine Meck is my name in / heaven is my station in LamPeter / is my dwellling Place in christ is / my Salvation. when I am dead and / laid in my grave and all my bones / are rotten remember me when / this you see atlast We b
Description:
Handmade linen hand towel cross stitched in the Pennsylvania Dutch style, the top outer corners have fabric tape loops for suspension; the top of the towel has a verse surrounded with floral garland border, below are rows of inscriptions interspersed with a variety of stylized images, including flowers, animals, chairs and plants, below is a tree with birds; there is a checkerboard pattern of drawnwork across the bottom which is trimmed with a rows of tassel fringe.
Gallery Label:
Hand towels were worked by adolescent girls of Pennsylvania German families and hung on the door between the kitchen and the sitting room of the home. The peak of hand towel production was between 1820 and 1850.
Credit Line:
Gift of Mrs. J. Insley Blair
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
