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Blanket

Collection Type

  • Textiles

Date

1820-1840

GUSN

GUSN-2295

Description

Rectangular form of off-white wool woven with band of dark blue at each end, the corners embroidered with wheel-like devices in navy, yellow and rose wool yarns; the ends overcast with rose embroidery.

Details

Descriptive Terms

blankets (coverings)
embroidering
wool (textile)
weaving
Blanket
Blanket

Associated Building

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

Maker

Unknown

Dimensions

81 1/2 (W) (inches)

Credit Line

Gift of Bertram K. and Nina Fletcher Little

Accession Number

1991.303

Places

Massachusetts (United States)

Related Items

Title Blanket Accession Number 1991.298

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