 | | Pennsylvania show towel, 1836, silk on linen. Neatly embroidered with, what is now, soft red and two shades of grey green. Motifs include eight-point stars and peafowl perched on potted plants. Signed "Elizabeth Houder" and dated; image credit on full record. |
 | | Pennsylvania show towel, 1836, silk on linen. Embroidered with, soft red and two shades of grey green, 8 point stars and peafowl perched on potted plants. Signed "Elizabeth Houder", detail view; image credit on full record. |
 | | Pennsylvania show towel, 1836, silk on linen. Embroidered with, soft red and two shades of grey green, 8 point stars and peafowl perched on potted plants. Signed "Elizabeth Houder", detail view; image credit on full record. |
 | | image credit on full record. |
 | | Pennsylvania show towel, 1836, silk on linen. Embroidered with, soft red and two shades of grey green, 8 point stars and peafowl perched on potted plants. Signed "Elizabeth Houder", detail view; image credit on full record. |
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Show Towel; Linen, 1836, Embroidered Stars & Peafowl on Potted Plants, Elizabeth Houder, 56 inch.
Pennsylvania show towel, 1836, silk on linen. Neatly embroidered with, what is now, soft red and two shades of grey green. Motifs include eight-point ... [more detail available via subscription]
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Pennsylvania |
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show towels |
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1836 |
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