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This textile fragment has been cut, folded, and pinned into a small package with a handwritten note. The plain woven cotton is printed in black on a white ground with repeating stripes of Renaissance revival designs. See Inscriptions and Media.
textiles
cotton (textile)
printed textile materials
Renaissance Revival
Sample, Material
Sample, Material
"Modern material/-sent me by daughter of /Bill Rooney" (pencil inscription on yellow paper, safety-pinned to folded textile)
Unknown
16 (W) (inches)
Gift of Bernard Scott
2001.281.1275
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