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Embroidered wool on black-felt pot holder in geometric floral design, glazed cotton reverse. Brightly colored wool embroidery (done in red, pink, blues, greens, yellows, and browns with beige outlines on black background). Backing is in brown polished cotton stitched together with beige blanket-stitch. A bit of black cotton tape forms a hanger.
potholders
cookware
cotton (textile)
embroidering
felt (textile)
wool (textile)
Wool
Cotton
Felt
Embroidered
POTHOLDER
Original to Cogswell's Grant (Essex, Mass.),
Unknown
5.75 x 5.75 (HxW) (inches)
Gift of Bertram K. and Nina Fletcher Little
1991.1413
Title Potholder Accession Number 1991.1414
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