Square form comprised of two panels joined by centered hand-sewn seam of woven square check pattern in red and blue outlined with double-line in off-white and black. Self-fringe on three sides; the top edge is turned over and hemmed.
blankets (coverings)
wool (textile)
weaving
Blanket
Original to Cogswell's Grant (Essex, Mass.),
Unknown
84 x 84 (HxW) (inches)
Gift of Bertram K. and Nina Fletcher Little
1991.1451
Connecticut (United States)
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