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Blanket

Collection Type

  • Textiles

Date

1820-1860

GUSN

GUSN-2905

Description

Hand-woven red and white plaid/check wool blanket with self-fringe on one end; two selvage sides, top end hemmed; tight and heavy weave.

Details

Descriptive Terms

blankets (coverings)
fringe
wool (textile)
weaving
Blanket
Blanket

Associated Building

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

Maker

Unknown

Dimensions

89 x 78 (HxW) (inches)

Credit Line

Gift of Bertram K. and Nina Fletcher Little

Accession Number

1991.1376

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