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Coverlet

Collection Type

  • Textiles

Date

1750-1800

GUSN

GUSN-8414

Description

Small linsey-woolsey coverlet with geometric quilting on red side; yellowish-brown on other side.

Details

Descriptive Terms

coverlets
hand sewing
hand weaving
linsey-woolsey
geometric patterns
Linsey-Woolsey
Woven
Machine Sewn
Geometric
BEDSPREAD

Associated Building

Original to Cogswell's Grant (Essex, Mass.),

Maker

Unknown

Dimensions

77 x 61 (HxW) (inches)

Credit Line

Gift of Bertram K. and Nina Fletcher Little

Accession Number

1991.617

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