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Tea Towel

Collection Type

  • Textiles

Date

1975-76

GUSN

GUSN-172137

Description

Pictures of Paul Revere's house, man on horseback Old North Church, three British regulars; three colonists armed with muskets or swords.

Details

Descriptive Terms

towels
linen (material)
Bicentennial
Paul Revere
Towel, Show

Inscription

(left) "On the eighteenth of April, Seventy-five" ; (right) "One if by land, two if by sea" ; (bottom left) "Paul Revere's Ride" ; (bottom right) : "Robert Hughes (copyright)"
"Kay Dee / handprinted / 100% / PURE LINEN / HOPE VALLEY RHODE ISLAND / RN 15424"

Maker

Unknown

Credit Line

Estate of Susan Norton

Accession Number

1990.1418

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