Flax

From Henry Whitfield State Museum

1903 (Date manufactured/created)

Flax

31 in L

Wool and linen were the main cloth materials in the 1600s. While wool is shorn from sheep, linen is made from the fibers of the flax plant. This bundle of flax was grown and dried in 1903 on the grounds of the Henry Whitfield State Museum by Amelia Bradley Dudley (1846-1910). She had managed the Old Stone House Farm with her husband Everett during the late 1800s, and the property was converted into a museum in 1900, she became its first curator.

Donated by Amelia Florilla Bradley Dudley of Guilford in 1903

Accession/ID Number HW1903.059