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Bureau Scarf

Collection Type

  • Textiles

Date

ca. 1925

GUSN

GUSN-50827

Description

Rectangular, white cotton; searsucker stripes and lines. Hemmed edges with applied cotton thread graduated and scalloped. Knotted fringe with clusters of three cords between along three sides.

Details

Descriptive Terms

scarves (furniture coverings)
cotton (textile)
fringe
Scarf, Furniture
Scarf, Bureau
Scarf, Bureau

Associated Building

Original to Spencer-Peirce-Little Farm (Newbury, Mass.),

Maker

Unknown

Dimensions

19 (W) (inches)

Credit Line

Bequest of Amelia W. Little

Accession Number

1986.412

Places

Massachusetts (United States)

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