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Collection
Wheatland
Object ID
W.89.161
Date Range
1798
Collection
Wheatland
Description
White linen tablecloth. Lightweight damask, woven design, checkered squares and crosses. Marked by owner: '[?] E 1798' in ink.
Date Range
1798
Year Range From
1
Subcategory
Food Service T&E
Search Terms
James Buchanan Presidential Library
Object Name
Tablecloth
Material
Linen
Makers Mark
E 1798
Length (in)
72
Width (in)
70
Object ID
W.89.161
Accession Number
W.89.161
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Collection
Wheatland
Object ID
W.89.162
Collection
Wheatland
Description
White, linen tablecloth. Lightweight damask. Four outside bands with spotted designs, wider band of lines, three bands of spotted designs, then center of polka dots. Maker's mark of three initials printed in ink.
Subcategory
Food Service T&E
Search Terms
James Buchanan Presidential Library
Object Name
Tablecloth
Material
Linen
Length (in)
67
Width (in)
64
Object ID
W.89.162
Accession Number
W.89.162
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Collection
Wheatland
Object ID
W.84.38
Date Range
Unknown
Collection
Wheatland
Description
Fine crotched cotton ecru tablecloth. Border different 'dye lot' than body. Filet crochet. Floral pattern. Scroll border. Crotched scalloped edging. Hand made. Yellowed in folds. Stretched out of shape.
Date Range
Unknown
Subcategory
Food Service T&E
Search Terms
James Buchanan Presidential Library
Object Name
Tablecloth
Length (in)
93
Width (in)
74
Object ID
W.84.38
Accession Number
W.84.38
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Collection
Wheatland
Object ID
W.1992.008.001
Collection
Wheatland
Description
White linen damask tablecloth. Scrolled foliate border with larger inner border of same, interspersed with ivy vines. Rounded concentric bands with ivy and swans around two central designs of 8-pointed design intertwined. White HLJ monogram in one corner.
Lengthwise edges are selvedges. 1/4-inch handsewn hems across widths.
Provenance
Harriet Lane Johnston
To - May Kennedy (Harriet's cousin)
To - Julia Kennedy Taylor (May's sister)
To - Julia's daughters
To - Edmund R. Taylor III (Julia's grandson)
To - James Buchanan Foundation
LancasterHistory.
Last Owner
Johnston, Harriet Lane
Storage Location
LancasterHistory, Lancaster, PA
Storage Room
DAC
People
Johnston, Harriet Lane
Subcategory
Food Service T&E
Search Terms
James Buchanan Presidential Library
Object Name
Tablecloth
Material
Linen
Length (in)
105
Width (in)
86
Condition
Good
Condition Date
2018-05-14
Condition Notes
One prominent liquid stain.
Object ID
W.1992.008.001
Accession Number
W.1992.008
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