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Tablecloth
probably Flemish, used in America
18th century
Object Place: England
Medium/Technique
Linen; damask
Credit Line
Gift of Eliot Tuckerman
Accession Number49.390
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsFashion and Textiles
ClassificationsTextiles
DescriptionA damask linen tablecloth. According to tradition this table cloth was used at the meetings of the "Sons of Liberty" held in the garrett of the Boston house of Colonel Thomas Dawes, (Colonel Dawes), born in boston 1751, died in Boston 1809, was an ancestor of the donor.