Of rectangular form, printed in red, blue, yellow and black. It is patterned with a field of a large paisley filled potted tree, flanked by peafowl flowering vines and shaped corner blocks. All this within a border of tree of life designs and segmented paisley "cone" filled "gates". It has a reinforced band of fabric along the top and loops at the top corners.
tablecloths
table linens
cotton (textile)
printing (process)
paisley
Linen, Table
Tablecloth
Tablecloth
Original to Cogswell's Grant (Essex, Mass.),
Unknown
India
72 x 46 (HxW) (inches)
Gift of Bertram K. and Nina Fletcher Little
1991.1750
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