Piece of a Blanket

Item Information

Title:
Piece of a Blanket
Description:
A corner of a blanket: rectangular piece of white boiled wool with band of taupe at one end; one corner embroidered with butternut and yellow wool yarns in a wheel-like device.
Date:
1820–1830
Format:
Objects/Artifacts
Genre:
embroidering
wool (textile)
weaving
blankets (coverings)
Location:
Historic New England
Collection (local):
Digitized Museum Collections
Places:
Massachusetts > Essex (county) > Essex
Cogswell's Grant (Essex, Mass.)
Extent:
48 in. x 25 1/2 in. (W x L)
Link to Item:
http://gusn.us/2294
Terms of Use:
Rights status not evaluated.
Contact host institution for more information.
Notes:
Gift of Bertram K. and Nina Fletcher Little
Accession #:
1991.302
Identifier:
2294