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Blanket

Collection Type

  • Textiles

Date

1820-1860

GUSN

GUSN-47345

Description

Rectangular, off-white, plain weave, heavily napt, single piece blanket with selvage side edges and raw ends bound with red wool blanket stitch; thin blue woven stripe at each end with enbroidered wheels in each corner; each wheel with outer ring of green wool; inner ring of red and yellow with center of pinwheel or red, yellow and green yarn.

Details

Descriptive Terms

blankets (coverings)
embroidering
machine-made
piecing
tabby (textile)
wool (textile)
Blanket
Blanket

Pattern

Moss Rose

Maker

Unknown

Dimensions

62 (W) (inches)

Credit Line

Museum Accession

Accession Number

1966.134

Places

Massachusetts (United States)
Probably

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