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Blanket

Collection Type

  • Textiles

Date

1820-1850

GUSN

GUSN-2320

Description

Rectangular form comprised of two panels of wool woven in a check pattern in dark blue, butternut and brown. Self-fringe at bottom edge.

Details

Descriptive Terms

blankets (coverings)
piecing
wool (textile)
weaving
checker pattern
Blanket
Blanket

Associated Building

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

Maker

Unknown

Dimensions

90 x 74 (HxW) (inches)

Credit Line

Gift of Bertram K. and Nina Fletcher Little

Accession Number

1991.328

Places

New Hampshire (United States)

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