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Half-circular table scarf. White with hand-crocheted or tatted fringed edge. Scrolled trapunto-work grape vine follows edge. Central motif of an open basket filled with scrolled vines and flowers.
scarves (furniture coverings)
runners (furniture coverings)
table linens
cotton (textile)
crocheting
fringe
tatting (process)
trapunto
baskets (containers)
flowers (plants)
floral patterns
vine scrolls
Scarf, Furniture
Scarf, Table
Cotton
Crocheted
Tatted
Fringe
Vine
Fruit Basket
Trapunto
Flower
Scarf, Table
Signed under basket: Mary D. Holmes 1824.
Original to Hamilton House (South Berwick, Me.),
Holmes, Mary D. (Maker)
41.5 (W) (inches)
Bequest of Elizabeth R. Vaughan
1949.1017
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