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1890-1910
GUSN-259000
Rectangular drawstring laundry bag made of plain-woven white cotton cloth; opening lined with twill-woven red cotton; initials embroidered on center of bag in red cotton chain stitch.
bags (generic containers)
cotton (textile)
weaving
string (fiber product)
embroidery (visual works)
Cotton
Laundry
Bag, Laundry
"MRJ" (red thread)
Original To Sarah Orne Jewett House (South Berwick, Me.),
Unknown
Anonymous Gift
1998.6369
South Berwick (York county, Maine)
Maine (United States)
United States
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