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1835-1860
GUSN-52789
Roughly square cotton; white with light blue windowpane checks with blue band outlined in brown, border. Large patched area in different blue and white windowpane check. Selvage sides; hemmed ends.
towels
cotton (textile)
cross-stitching
textiles
checker pattern
Cotton
Cross-stitched
Woven Check
Windowpane
Unidentified Textile
TOWEL, HAND
Cross-stitched in corner: SLE [Sarah Longley Ellis (1814-1902)]
Unknown
20 (W) (inches)
1941.1603
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