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Rectangular, off-white, plain weave wool blanket with moderate knapt with narrow woven dark stripe at each end with embroidered polychromatic "Rose" wheels in each corner and orange wool yarn binding on ends.
blankets (coverings)
embroidering
piecing
tabby (textile)
wool (textile)
Blanket
Blanket
Moss Rose
Original to Sayward-Wheeler House (York Harbor, Me.),
Unknown
61 (W) (inches)
Gift of the heirs of Elizabeth Cheever Wheeler
1977.571
Possibly Maine (United States)
Possibly
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