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Blanket

Collection Type

  • Textiles

Date

1800-1850

GUSN

GUSN-10053

Description

Handwoven natural colored blanket, with seam down middle.

Details

Descriptive Terms

blankets (coverings)
hand weaving
wool (textile)
Wool
Woven
BLANKET

Inscription

Note found with blanket, written in ink: ""Your great/ grandmother/ raised the sheep and/ wove this blanket/ on her loom./ N.""

Maker

Unknown

Accession Number

1996.54

Places

Massachusetts (United States)

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