1850-1860
GUSN-24410
White linen hand towel w/ red brocaded detail. A brocaded band at either end divided into 3 stripes: two thinner w/ geometric detail flanking central thicker w/ floral detail. Thin red stripe running up either side. Circular damask flowers throughout linen. Fringed ends.
towels
brocading
linen (material)
Linen
Brocaded
TOWEL, HAND
Printed (ink) on edge: ""L. C. Coombs""
Original to Castle Tucker (Wiscasset, Me.),
Unknown
22 (W) (inches)
Gift of Miss Jane S. Tucker
1998.5254
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