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1910-1925
GUSN-24312
White linen napkin with one end embroidered with pink Greek key pattern with pink and blue butterfly at center. Damask flowers throughout linen. Hemmed top and bottom edges separated from center by thin band of embroidery.
napkins (culinary textile)
table linens
embroidering
linen (material)
figure- and animal-derived motifs
butterflies
key pattern
Linen
Embroidered
Greek Key
Butterfly
NAPKIN
Stamped on back hem: ""4150""
Original to Castle Tucker (Wiscasset, Me.),
Tucker, Jane Standen, (1917-2012) (Embroiderer)
Wiscasset, ME, USA
23.5 x 14.25 (HxW) (inches)
Gift of Miss Jane S. Tucker
1998.5186
Maine (United States)
California (United States)
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