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Potholders

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Collection Type

  • Textiles

Date

1890-1920

GUSN

GUSN-258265

Description

Off-white edges; colored faces (one pale blue, one pale brown); linen loops on face in corner; cotton exterior; asbestos (probably) interior; in hope chest (acc. no. 1998.6174).

Details

Descriptive Terms

potholders
linen (material)
cotton (textile)
asbestos
Cooking
Potholder

Inscription

"ASBESTOS" (purple ink)

Associated Building

Original To Field-Hodges House (North Andover, Mass.),

Maker

Unknown

Dimensions

5 x 5 (HxW) (inches)

Credit Line

Estate of Sarah Moore Field

Accession Number

1998.6189.1-2

Places

North Andover (Essex county, Massachusetts)
Massachusetts (United States)

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