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Of a square form, with a dark brown ground, embroidered at the top and sides with a floral spray enclosed by flowering vines. worked in wool yarns in shades of green, pink, red, pale blue, yellow and tan in a chain stitch. The back of the pillow is a segment of patchwork linsey woolsey in shades of navy blue, red and green.
cushions
appliqué (technique)
embroidering
piecing
wool (textile)
Cushion
Cushion
Original to Cogswell's Grant (Essex, Mass.),
Unknown
14 x 15 1/2 x 2 1/2 (HxWxD) (inches)
Gift of Bertram K. and Nina Fletcher Little
1992.466.1
Title Chair Cushions Accession Number 1992.466.2
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