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1780-1850
GUSN-2321
Boiled wool blanket of rectangular shape, comprised of two panels finely hand stitched together. Natural off-white and dark blue 1" grid-like check pattern. Two hemmed edges. Two selvage edges.
blankets (coverings)
cross-stitching
embroidering
piecing
wool (textile)
weaving
checker pattern
monograms
Wool
Boiled
Woven
Embroidered
Cross-stitched
Monogram
Checked
Pieced
BLANKET
Embroidered cross-stitch at top middle: EHS/1
Original to Cogswell's Grant (Essex, Mass.),
Unknown
69 (W) (inches)
Gift of Bertram K. and Nina Fletcher Little
1991.329
Title Blanket Accession Number 1991.1450
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