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Nearly square form comprised of two panels of off-white wool woven with linen cross bars in dark and light blue (enclosing off-white wool squares). Hand sewn center seam. A light weight blanket.
blankets (coverings)
hand sewing
linen (material)
machine sewing (technique)
piecing
wool (textile)
weaving
Blanket
Blanket
Original to Cogswell's Grant (Essex, Mass.),
Unknown
78 (W) (inches)
Gift of Bertram K. and Nina Fletcher Little
1991.324
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