Linsey-woolsey coverlet of rectangular form with cut corners, comprised of panels of linen and wool ("linsey-woolsey") blend fabric, woven in a 'bird's-eye' pattern, light blue with butternut reverse.
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linsey-woolsey
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Bedcover
Coverlet
Coverlet
Original to Cogswell's Grant (Essex, Mass.),
Unknown
USA, New England
99 1/2 x 108 (HxW) (inches)
Gift of Bertram K. and Nina Fletcher Little
1991.1289
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