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The linen bag has a slit opening bound with cotton tape. It is embroidered with crewel, yarns in red, green and light blue with meandering vines, flower heads, and foliate devices which are arranged symmetrically. The bag is narrow at the top widens to the base.
pockets (costume accessories)
accessories
cotton (textile)
embroidering
linen (material)
wool (textile)
Bag, Carrying
Pouch, Carrying
Pocket
Pocket
Original to Cogswell's Grant (Essex, Mass.),
Unknown
15 1/2 x 12 1/4 (HxW) (inches)
Gift of Bertram K. and Nina Fletcher Little
1991.1423
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