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Collection Type

  • Textiles

Date

ca. 1840

GUSN

GUSN-25350

Description

Feather stuffing w/ blue and white striped mattress ticking cover. Seamed down the middle and bound at edges w/ heavy thread.

Details

Descriptive Terms

ticks (coverings)
cotton (textile)
feather (material)
feather (material)
Feather
Cotton
COVER, MATTRESS

Associated Building

Coffin House (Newbury, Mass.),

Maker

Unknown

Dimensions

56.75 (W) (inches)

Credit Line

Gift of Margaret E.C. Merriam in memory of her mother Elizabeth Low Coffin Colman

Accession Number

1985.470

Places

Massachusetts (United States)

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