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Bell pull

Collection Type

  • Household accessories

Date

1850-1870

GUSN

GUSN-61084

Description

Needlework bell pull in ribbon pattern. Red, yellow and black wool on beige ground.

Details

Descriptive Terms

bells (idiophones)
Berlin woolwork
wool (textile)
Bellpull
Bellpull

Associated Building

Original to Beauport, Sleeper-McCann House (Gloucester, Mass.),

Maker

Unknown

Dimensions

47 1/4 x 3 3/4 (HxW) (inches)

Credit Line

Gift of Constance McCann Betts, Helena Woolworth Guest and Frasier W. McCann

Accession Number

1942.1665

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