Bed rug marked "Esther Packard 1801"
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- Made by
- Esther (Porter) Packard (1733–1812), attributed
- Date
- 1801
- Place
- Cummington, Massachusetts (possibly)
- Held by
- Historic Deerfield
- Materials
- wool
- Themes
- Early tufting: bed rugs & needlework pile
Cite this source
Esther (Porter) Packard (1733–1812), attributed. Bed rug marked “Esther Packard 1801”, 1801. Historic Deerfield. historic-deerfield.org/2017-7-21-going-to-the-sources-researching-the-esther-packard-1801-bed-rug.
Research notes
Acquisition researched by Curator of Textiles David E. Lazaro; the 2017 blog post shows how bed rug provenance is documented.