Blanket
- Object Name:
- Blanket
- Object ID:
- 1968.514
- Date:
- circa 1780
- Description:
- Rose blanket cream handwoven wool; embroidered double circle at each corner with brown, red, and yellow yarn; three-strand brown stripe at each end.
Hand woven embroidered wool rose blanket with homespun undyed and brown color S-twisted wool singles. Plain weave with 17 wefts/16 warps per inch. Light weight. Selvedges on both sides. Top, bottom raw edges .25" brown stripe 1" up from each end. Each corner cross stitch embroidered with a circular motif of three circles within a circle, outer circle brown and red, inner circle alternating orange and red, orange tuft embroidered into the center circle. Few remaining red blanket stitches along top and bottom edge. - Material:
- Textile
Wool - Dimensions:
- W-57.25 L-81.5 inches
- Provenance:
- Found in collection.
- Credit Line:
- New Hampshire Historical Society Collection
- Subjects:
- Wool, Blankets, Handwork, Weaving, Embroidery, Spinning, Rose blanket
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