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Two piece handwoven off-white blanket with center seam; embroidered in blue and rose wool yarns with inscriptions and floral sprigs; design is a heart flanked by two peacocks over medallions; bordered on three sides by loopy meanders
blankets (coverings)
embroidering
wool (textile)
weaving
Wool
Woven
Embroidered
BLANKET
Embroidered at the center top: ""JANE/BLAIR/ITALY/1828""
Original to Cogswell's Grant (Essex, Mass.),
Blair, Jane, Miss (Maker)
Italy and New York
72 x 70 (HxW) (inches)
Gift of Bertram K. and Nina Fletcher Little
1991.1595
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