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1820-1850
GUSN-11538
Of rectangular form, woven in white linen in an overall pattern of twill squares within even weave borders and quatrafoil devices at the corners connected by long bars. It has hand-hemmed ends and is hand-loomed.
bath towels
linen (material)
weaving
geometric patterns
Linen
Woven
Geometric
TOWEL, BATH
Original to Cogswell's Grant (Essex, Mass.),
Unknown
37.25 x 24.75 (HxW) (inches)
Gift of Bertram K. and Nina Fletcher Little
1991.1736
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