Blanket
- Object Name:
- Blanket
- Object ID:
- 1997.016.15
- Place of Origin:
- Danville, NH
- Date:
- 1813-1870
- Description:
- Blanket. Hand-woven wool; dark blue and off-white checked pattern, with double lines of the blue. Constructed of two widths of fabric and seamed selvedge-to-selvedge up center. Selvedge width of ~34". Side seams are selvedge, and top and bottom edges have unusually wide hems (1.25"), hand-stitched. Marked with small applied woven tape in one corner with script letter "G" in red on white.
- Material:
- Textile
Wool - Dimensions:
- W-68 L-83 inches
- Provenance:
- Probably originally owned and used by Moses B. Gove (1812-1857) and Susan E. (French) Gove (1817-1900) of Danville and Andover, the great-grandparents of the donor, Halcyon Hobbs Springer.
- Credit Line:
- Gift of Halcyon Hobbs Springer, in Memory of her grandmother, Minnie Douglas Smith
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