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1850-1870
GUSN-14947
Plain rectangular off-white woven linen towel (diaper pattern or bird's eye? weave); sides are selvedge; ends hemmed; each towel marked at upper left w/ black ink handwritten inscription (see Inscription). Hanging loops at top center.
towels
spinning (textile process)
hand spinning
linen (material)
weaving
Linen
Woven
Homespun
TOWEL, HAND
Black ink on upper left: ""CATHERINE A. LITTLE/ No. 31""
Original to Spencer-Peirce-Little Farm (Newbury, Mass.),
Unknown
31.5 x 18.5 (HxW) (inches)
Bequest of Amelia W. Little
1986.1140.5
Massachusetts (United States)
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