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Blanket

Collection Type

  • Textiles

Date

1880-1920

GUSN

GUSN-2907

Description

Rectangular form of off-white wool bauded at the top and the bottom with pale green stripes. The ends overcast with off-white wool. The top center of the blanket is initialed "H.N.J" under the stripes.

Details

Descriptive Terms

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

Inscription

On a cloth label in the corner it reads: Pink Room . Embroidered on the top center are the initials: HNJ , in blue silk threads.

Associated Building

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

Maker

Unknown

Dimensions

98 x 80 (HxW) (inches)

Credit Line

Gift of Bertram K. and Nina Fletcher Little

Accession Number

1991.1378

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