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1740-1790
GUSN-2441
A rectangular fragment of an Irish stitched flame design. It is worked in with wool yarns in shades of green, blue, red, pink, yellow, and beige on a linen ground and bound in modern blue cotton tape. It is backed with a modern muslin colored fabric.
textiles
fragments
cotton (textile)
cloth
linen (material)
wool (textile)
Bargello work
Wool
Linen
Irish stitch
Synthetic Fabric
Cotton
TEXTILE FRAGMENT
Original to Cogswell's Grant (Essex, Mass.),
Unknown
20.5 x 14.625 (HxW) (inches)
Gift of Bertram K. and Nina Fletcher Little
1991.464
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