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Dish Towel

Collection Type

  • Textiles

Date

1850-1950

GUSN

GUSN-11228

Description

Rectangular linen towel with blue and white grid check pattern with two hemmed edges and two selvage edges.

Details

Descriptive Terms

dish towels
linen (material)
weaving
checker pattern
Linen
Woven
Checked
TOWEL, DISH

Associated Building

Original to Cogswell's Grant (Essex, Mass.),

Maker

Unknown

Dimensions

29 x 21.5 (HxW) (inches)

Credit Line

Gift of Bertram K. and Nina Fletcher Little

Accession Number

1992.399

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