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Bed Sheets

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Collection Type

  • Textiles

Date

1890-1920

GUSN

GUSN-258979

Description

Eight flat sheets; wrapped in brown paper, tied with twine; creamy white with openwork hem; in hope chest (acc. no. 1998.6174).

Details

Descriptive Terms

sheets (bed coverings)
cotton (textile)
weaving
openwork
Bedding
Cotton
Sheet

Inscription

"New/ 8 sheets Mohawk Percale '81 x 108' " (blue pencil on printed label)
"Utica and Mohawk Cotton Mills/ Utica, N.Y./ Mohawk Percale/ Quality Guaranteed/ 81 x 108/ size before hemming." (blue ink)

Associated Building

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

Maker

Unknown

Dimensions

81 x 108 (HxW) (inches)

Credit Line

Estate of Sarah Moore Field

Accession Number

1998.6322.1-8

Places

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

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