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1880-1900
GUSN-258999
Rectangular, off-white linen towel with embroidered black-letter initial in off-white thread; ends of towel are hemmed and fagotting; cloth woven in stippled pattern; three one-inch bands are plain-woven near hems for decoration.
towels
weaving
linen (material)
embroidery (visual works)
Linen
Towel, Hand
Original To Sarah Orne Jewett House (South Berwick, Me.),
weaving
Unknown
41 7/8 x 20 3/4 (HxW) (inches)
Anonymous Gift
1998.6368
South Berwick (York county, Maine)
Maine (United States)
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