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Cloth Fragment

Collection Type

  • Textiles

Date

ca. 1950

GUSN

GUSN-259448

Description

Two samples of toile with red and blue colonial scene on cream background; scene depicts colonial men and women outdoors; the men are on horseback or walking while conversing; the women are washing clothes; .1B has a finished lower edge and the top edge is cut in a jagged pattern.

Details

Descriptive Terms

cloth
cotton (textile)
toile (textile material)
weaving
Sample, Material
Sample, Material

Maker

Unknown

Dimensions

35 (W) (inches)

Credit Line

Gift of Elinor Thomas

Accession Number

2002.32.1AB

Places

Freeport (Cumberland county, Maine)
Maine (United States)

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