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Thread

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Collection Type

  • Textiles

Date

ca. 1830

GUSN

GUSN-191140

Description

Natural color thread, wound in skein with a paper wrapped around.

Details

Descriptive Terms

thread
cotton (textile)
Thread

Inscription

"Thread which/has been spun/ and wound into/skein" (handwritten)

Maker

Unknown

Dimensions

16 1/2 x 2 x 3/4 (HxWxD) (inches)

Credit Line

Gift of Margaret Horsch Lightbody

Accession Number

2005.24.19

Places

New Hampshire (United States)
Weare (Hillsborough county, New Hampshire)

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