ca. 1885-1890
GUSN-6976
Accompanying note by donor Susan Norton: "This was given to mother [Edith White Norton] when she was a little girl by Professor Sophocles of Harvard, who knotted the fringe and embroidered Edith [EAIO-in greek letters] on it. He had been taught to knot fringes as a boy by the monks on Mt. Athos."
towels
linen (material)
damask
Towel, Hand
Unknown
Estate of Susan Norton
1990.1409
Massachusetts (United States)
Cambridge (Middlesex county, Massachusetts)
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