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Boiled wool blanket of rectangular shape, comprised of two panels, finely hand-stitched together, natural ecru and dark blue one-inch grid-like check pattern, monogrammed with black cross-stitch embroidery, EHS/1"; two hemmed edges, two selvage edges.
blankets (coverings)
cross-stitching
embroidering
wool (textile)
weaving
monograms
Blanket
Blanket
Embroidered in cross-stitch on top middle of the blanket is ""EHS 1""
Original to Cogswell's Grant (Essex, Mass.),
Unknown
81 1/2 x 69 (HxW) (inches)
Gift of Bertram K. and Nina Fletcher Little
1991.1450
Title Blanket Accession Number 1991.329
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