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Towel border
Italian
Medium/Technique
Linen and cotton
Dimensions
Legacy dimension: L: 1M85 W: .80M (centers)
Credit Line
Denman Waldo Ross Collection
Accession Number93.1096
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CollectionsEurope, Fashion and Textiles
ClassificationsTextiles
DescriptionTwo pieces seamed. White linen "goose-eye" ground, showing bands of conventionalized birds or birds flanking trees, stars and geometrical ornamnents. Pattern defined by secondary blue cotton wefts in overshot weave, reversible. Narrow white cotton bands between plain blue bands. Letter "P" marked in blue cross stitch in one corner. A few stains. Some blue yarns worn off.
Provenance1893, gift of Denman Waldo Ross (b. 1853 - d. 1935), Cambridge, MA, to the MFA. (Accession Date: September 1, 1893)