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Collection Type

  • Textiles

Date

1750-1850

GUSN

GUSN-11545

Description

A hand-woven linen sheet, pieced at the center, with two hand-hemmed ends and two salvage ends.

Details

Descriptive Terms

sheets (bed coverings)
linen (material)
weaving
Linen
Woven
SHEET

Associated Building

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

Maker

Unknown

Dimensions

93 x 65 (HxW) (inches)

Credit Line

Gift of Bertram K. and Nina Fletcher Little

Accession Number

1991.1743

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