Blanket, Industrial
- Object Name:
- Blanket, Industrial
- Object ID:
- 1989.035.18
- Place of Origin:
- Hopkinton, NH
- Date:
- circa 1906
- Description:
- Industrial Blanket. Used as a paper pulp strainer at Davis Paper Company, West Hopkinton, NH; c. 1906. Heavily worn; heavyweight, machine-made, gray wool blanket felted basket weave twill. Edges worn or zig-zag cut. Two black stripes across middle. Two ply Z- Twist yarns. Navy blue stripes one stripe 1.5" and .5", spaced 6" apart at blanket middle. Edges selvedges. Ends raw; one end cut crudely at an angle.
- Material:
- Textile
Wool - Dimensions:
- W-74 L-113 feet
- Provenance:
- From Davis Homestead, Davisville, NH. Noted at time of gift, �one white felt m/1 6� square blanket from the Davis Paper Company of West Hopkinton, NH, plus another felt which is gray and worn from use as a pulp strainer�.
- Credit Line:
- Gift of Margaret Davis
- Subjects:
- Blanket, Felt, Industrial, Pulp Strainer, Wool, Textiles, Paper industry
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