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Dish towel

Collection Type

  • Textiles

Date

1815-1825

GUSN

GUSN-50351

Description

Rectangular, white fustian; huck's geometric weave in honeycomb-like pattern. Selvage sides; hemmed top and bottom.

Details

Descriptive Terms

dish towels
fustian
hand weaving
weaving
geometric patterns
Fustian
Woven
Leno Weave
Geometric
TOWEL, DISH

Maker

Worden, Laura (Maker)

Location of Origin

Fairfield, CT, USA

Dimensions

21.5 (W) (inches)

Accession Number

1983.135

Reference Notes

Bogdonoff. Handwoven Textiles of Early New England. [No Publisher].

Places

Connecticut (United States)

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