Handwoven and Embroidered Textile by Sarah Sanborn (NH, 1732-1792) with Family Note mi'kmaq from door frames to paneling

from door frames to paneling to the pleats of that curtain

with a nice fat

This one appears to have been painted as a present

a reversal of fortune

The vessel itself is a very thin/light black glass

Handwoven and Embroidered Textile by Sarah Sanborn (NH, 1732-1792) with Family Note mi'kmaq from door frames to panelingI love finding very old things with notes about their histories carefully attached to them; we should all have such presence of mind. And the note here, written in 1936 either by grand niece Glaydis S. Little herself or someone who knew her, tells us this finely handwoven textile, embroidered with the name Sarah Sanborn, dates to the 18th century. And a search for Sarah Sanborn immediately turns up a Sarah Sanborn, born in 1732, in Hampton, Rockingham