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1740-1780
GUSN-2452
This shield-shaped fire screen depicts a floral design worked in green, red, rose, and beige wool cross-stitch on a linen ground. It is backed in yellow silk and mounted on a wooden handle.
fire fans
accessories
needlework (visual works)
cross-stitching
linen (material)
mahogany (wood)
needlepoint (needleworking)
wool (textile)
Wool
Linen
Mahogany
Needlework
Cross-stitched
Screen, Fire
Original to Cogswell's Grant (Essex, Mass.),
Unknown
17 x 9.75 (HxW) (inches)
Gift of Bertram K. and Nina Fletcher Little
1991.476
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