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Textile fragment


Furniture calico
English, used in America
1765–75
Place of Manufacture: England; Place of Use: Lexington, Massachusetts, United States

Medium/Technique Plate-printed cotton plain weave
Dimensions 58.5 x 49 cm (23 1/16 x 19 5/16 in.)
Credit Line Gift of Miss Ellen A. Stone
Accession Number00.31a
NOT ON VIEW
ClassificationsTextilesPrintedPlate

DescriptionBlue rooster and hen with large naturalistic floral boughs with pears and scrolls, part of a duck at top; thin strip of unfaded blue and a few rust spots (from furniture tacks) across bottom
ProvenanceMiss Ellen A. Stone; Gift to the MFA, February, 1900