Bill from Liverpool weaver to Abigail Sherwood of Connecticut, ca. 1834
date: label: date made
content: ca. 1834
notes: label: Description
content: A somewhat tattered statement of indebtedness of Miss Abigail Sherwood of Connecticut to a Liverpool (England) weaver, for spinning, weaving, and stamping of dress material. The cocoons which furnished the silk yarns for the cloth were raised by Miss Sherwood on her father's Connecticut farm. Abigail's brother, Captain Edwin Sherwood, carried the cocoons (or possibly the reeled silk skeins?) to England on his own vessel. The charges were itemized as :
label: Description
content: "Seventy five cts. pr. yd. for spinning and weaving $7.50
label: Description
content: Stamping 25 do. $2.50
label: Description
content: $10.00"
label: Description
content: Abigail Sherwood made a dress of this silk, which was printed (stamped) with a small floral pattern. The styling suggests the date of making was around 1834.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
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content: Home and Community Life: Textiles
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content: American Silk Industry
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content: Textiles
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Gift of Miss Helen W. Bradley
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: TE.T08110.000
label: catalog number
content: T08110.000
label: accession number
content: 141038
objectType: label: Object Name
content: Weaver's Bill
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: paper, ink (overall material)