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Cloth Fragment

Object Name:
Cloth Fragment
Object ID:
1984.057.21
Place of Origin:
United States/England
Date:
1820-1840
Description:
Textile fragment. Possibly for a bench or cushion. From the Clyde-Manley-Colby families. Plain woven cotton chintz with a roller printed pattern of 6.50" x 5.50" motif of floral bunches (roses or peonies) in red, pink, blue, beige (were yellow), blue (faded from green) leaves on a beige and white picotage 2" striped ground. Tube-like construction with folds on the sides and a hand top stitched seam on the back. One end top stitched closed, the other open and unfinished. Pattern identical to 1884.057.19.
Material:
Textile
Cotton
Provenance:
From the Clyde-Manley-Colby families.
Credit Line:
Gift of Edward Colby and Mrs. Ellmer Bergstrom
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