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1830-1860
GUSN-2759
Of a rectangular form, comprised of two panels of natural-colored linen woven, with dark blue and red wool in a twill plaid with large red windowpane checks enclosing crossbars of navy blue. Self fringe at one end and a sewn center seam.
blankets (coverings)
linen (material)
wool (textile)
weaving
geometric patterns
Linen
Wool
Woven
Geometric
BLANKET
Original to Cogswell's Grant (Essex, Mass.),
Unknown
85 x 75 (HxW) (inches)
Gift of Bertram K. and Nina Fletcher Little
1991.1205
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