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Bedsheet
Owen, Margaret
(Spinner)
Sheet in two parts sewn together down the middle. Initials 'M O' embroidered in one corner. The sheet was made from flax grown at Derwin Fawr, Bryncir, Caernarfonshire, and spun on the ‘droell fach’ (‘small wheel’) by Margaret Owen of Derwin Fawr, early 19th century.
Collection Area
Social & Cultural History
Item Number
62.370
Historical Associations
Associated Person/Body: Owen, Margaret
Association Type: Maker
Date: 19th century
Place: Bryncir
Creation/Production
Acquisition
Donation, 1962
Material
Linen (flax fabric)
Location
In store
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