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1740-1790
GUSN-3171
Needlework fragment/table runner, comprised of four joined panels; needlepoint worked in the Irish (or Flame) stitch style, with later cotton-tape edging.
runners (furniture coverings)
fragments
needlework (visual works)
table linens
canvas
needlepoint (needleworking)
tapes (binding components)
wool (textile)
Bargello work
Wool
Coated Canvas
Needlework
Irish stitch
Tape binding
RUNNER, TABLE
Original to Cogswell's Grant (Essex, Mass.),
Unknown
49 x 20 (HxW) (inches)
Gift of Bertram K. and Nina Fletcher Little
1991.1482
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