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Long rectangular needlepoint bell pull; dark blue ground; undulating, flowing vine with petitpoint birds; yarn tassle at end;, watered silk backing; not connected to bell.
bells (idiophones)
petit point
silk (textile)
wool (textile)
figure- and animal-derived motifs
Aves (class)
Wool
Silk
Needlepoint
Petit Point
Bird
BELLPULL
Original to Rundlet-May House (Portsmouth, N.H.),
Unknown
80.75 x 4.5 (HxW) (inches)
Gift of Ralph May
1971.878
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