Catherine Cosman Gardner woven blanket; New York, ca. 1836
date: label: date made
content: ca. 1836
notes: label: Description (Brief)
content: One of two homespun cotton and wool blankets. Natural color, plain weave blankets made by Catherine Cosman Gardner, Middle Hope, Orange Co., NY about 1836, woven in single widths and seamed up middle. Marked "Daniel Gardner," one with cross-stitvch embroidery, the other with ink. Catherine Cosman was born 1813 and died 1874. She married Daniel Gardner (1807-1862). They are buried in Cedar Hill Cemetery and Mausoleum.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: place made
content: United States: New York, Middle Hope
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content: Home and Community Life: Textiles
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content: Textiles
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content: Domestic Furnishings
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: TE.T7128B
label: catalog number
content: T007128B
objectType: label: Object Name
content: blanket
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: plain weave (overall production method/technique)
label: Physical Description
content: undyed (overall color)
label: Physical Description
content: wool (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: cotton (overall material)