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Blanket

Collection Type

  • Textiles

Date

1800-1830

GUSN

GUSN-11571

Description

Of rectangular form, comprised of two panels of hand-woven off white wool, joined by a hand-sewn sea. The top end is accented with a pink wool chain stitch. It is hand-hemmed at both ends.

Details

Descriptive Terms

blankets (coverings)
embroidering
wool (textile)
weaving
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Blanket

Associated Building

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

Maker

Unknown

Dimensions

85 x 61 1/2 (HxW) (inches)

Credit Line

Gift of Bertram K. and Nina Fletcher Little

Accession Number

1991.1769

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