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Tablecloth

Collection Type

  • Textiles

Date

1890-1920

GUSN

GUSN-258856

Description

Linen damask; 9 1/2 inch border around perimeter with foliate trail inside border and stylized fleur de lis decoration at edges of border; center with allover dotted pattern; in hope chest (acc. no. 1998.6174).

Details

Descriptive Terms

tablecloths
linen (material)
damask
weaving
fleur-de-lis (motifs)
Dining
Linen
Tablecloth

Inscription

"No. 108/4 / 8/4 x 10/4 / 1 GLOs/ IRISH MANUFACTURE" (gilded label)
'1kx (?)"; "8/10" (pencil)

Associated Building

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

Maker

Unknown

Dimensions

86 1/2 x 71 (HxW) (inches)

Credit Line

Estate of Sarah Moore Field

Accession Number

1998.6242

Places

North Andover (Essex county, Massachusetts)
Massachusetts (United States)
Republic of Ireland

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