Blanket
- Object Name:
- Blanket
- Object ID:
- 1968.049.51
- Date:
- circa 1850
- Description:
- Blanket. Cream, hand-woven wool; embroidered circle at each corner; brown stripe at each end. Seam center. Embroidered in cross stitch near top: "Z S" or "2 8". Narrow rolled hem.
Wool blanket or sheet hand woven plain weave of homespun undyed Z-twist wool single yarns. Light weight. Selvedges on both sides. Consists of two panels 26" wide hand whip stitched selvedge to selvedge at 10 stitches per inch creating blanket center. Hemmed 25" top and bottom hand whip stiched with white thread. "Z S" embroidered with cross stitches in peach two ply worsted wool yarn at top. - Material:
- Textile
Wool - Dimensions:
- W-52 L-78 inches
- Provenance:
- Gift of Mrs. Ethel Rock Millen of Lebanon, NH, from the Anthony Rock family.
- Credit Line:
- Gift of Ethel Rock Millen
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