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Blanket

Collection Type

  • Textiles

Date

1815-1825

GUSN

GUSN-54859

Description

White, twilled weave ground with windowpane check design and three blue parallel lines intersecting; seamed; selvage side edges; hemmed top and bottom.

Details

Descriptive Terms

blankets (coverings)
cross-stitching
hand weaving
piecing
wool (textile)
checker pattern
Blanket
Blanket

Inscription

Cross-stitched at bottom edge: C P 10 [script letters CP for Clara Philbrick (1803-1886)]

Maker

Philbrick, Clara, 1803-1886 (Maker)

Dimensions

73 1/4 (W) (inches)

Credit Line

Gift of Clara Swasey Woodberry and George O. Swasey

Accession Number

1949.1

Places

New Hampshire (United States)

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