Plate 86.

Part of bed curtains. Made by Polly Cheney, of Litchfield, Connecticut, in 1740. She raised, spun, and wove the flax into linen and embroidered it with crewels of wool dyed by herself in various shades of blue; presumably from her own patterns, as designs were rare at that time in the United States. These strips are 21 inches wide and 40 inches long. Owned by the Litchfield Historical Society.