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Tea Towel

Collection Type

  • Textiles

Date

1880-1890

GUSN

GUSN-73655

Description

Cream, printed with figures in various towns/cities, with local animals and flowers; scenes divided by border of shields, flowers and hats in red, olive, yellow, and blue.

Details

Descriptive Terms

towels
cotton (textile)
Towel
Towel, Hand
Towel, Hand

Inscription

Names of Swiss towns/cities; also: ""85."" in border.

Associated Building

Original to Codman House (Lincoln, Mass.),

Maker

Unknown

Credit Line

Bequest of Dorothy S.F.M. Codman

Accession Number

1969.6043

Related Items

Title Tea Towel Accession Number 1969.6037

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