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1890-1920
GUSN-258177
White linen with blue cross stitch borders; cross stitch pattern depicts two birds flanking a tree, worked four times creating a square; outer edge is embrodiered in a sharkstooth manner; in hope chest (acc.no. 1998.6174).
handkerchiefs
linen (material)
cross stitch
embroidering
figure- and animal-derived motifs
trees
Linen
Handkerchief
"P.S.& S./ NO. 120/ SIZE 12 X 12/ SQUARE/ PURE LINEN/ HANDMADE/ MADE IN CHINA" (on paper label; framed in gold with gold lettering)
Original To Field-Hodges House (North Andover, Mass.),
Unknown
11 x 11 (HxW) (inches)
Estate of Sarah Moore Field
1998.6288
North Andover (Essex county, Massachusetts)
Massachusetts (United States)
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