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Doll Blanket

Date

1830-1850

GUSN

GUSN-2796

Description

Of square form, patterned with a field of a white lined grid over a medium blue grid on a butternut ground, and enclosed by a plaid border in like colors.

Details

Descriptive Terms

miniatures (toys)
handkerchiefs
doll-playing accessories
accessories
linen (material)
weaving
geometric patterns
plaids
Shaker (Christian sect)
Linen
Woven
Plaid
Shaker
Geometric
HANDKERCHIEF

Inscription

Cross-stitched on the corner are the initials: ""C H"" .

Associated Building

Original to Cogswell's Grant (Essex, Mass.),

Maker

Unknown

Dimensions

21.25 x 20.25 (HxW) (inches)

Credit Line

Gift of Bertram K. and Nina Fletcher Little

Accession Number

1991.1246

Related Items

Title Doll's Canopy Bed Accession Number 1991.1243

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