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1840-1860
GUSN-2770
Of rectangular form, patterned with a spray of polychrome flowers and leaves within an oval reserve of medium blue field and shiped border. An outer-border of four braided roses in red and black. Polychrome wool yarns hooked and clipped in raised "Waldoboro style" on a linen foundation.
table carpets
table linens
braiding
clipping (trimming)
hooking
linen (material)
wool (textile)
floral patterns
Wool
Linen
Clipped
Braided
Hooked
Floral
THROW, TABLE
Original to Cogswell's Grant (Essex, Mass.),
Unknown
22.125 x 36 (HxW) (inches)
Gift of Bertram K. and Nina Fletcher Little
1991.1218
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