Rectangular form comprised of two panels of navy blue and off-white wool in double check pattern in two-inch squares. Hand sewn center seam, top and bottom ends. Woven in a twill weave.
blankets (coverings)
double weave
hand sewing
weaving
wool (textile)
Blanket
Blanket
Original to Cogswell's Grant (Essex, Mass.),
Unknown
86 1/2 x 70 1/2 (HxW) (inches)
Gift of Bertram K. and Nina Fletcher Little
1991.325
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