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Fingertip Towel

Date

1890-1920

GUSN

GUSN-64295

Description

White linen towel with pink border depicting three houses surrounded by leaf motifs.

Details

Descriptive Terms

towels
cotton (textile)
lace (needlework)
linen (material)
houses
Towel
Towel, Fingertip
Linen
Lace
Cotton
House
Towel, Fingertip

Associated Building

Original to Roseland Cottage (Woodstock, Conn.),

Maker

Unknown

Dimensions

38 1/4 x 20 1/8 (HxW) (inches)

Credit Line

Gift of Margaret Carson Holt

Accession Number

1970.533

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