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Bag
Object/Artifact
Fire bag OR grain sack. PW hand spun and hand woven, unbleached coarse tow, probably. Felled seams across bottom and one side., narrow turned hem at top. One surface has large initials HF cross titched in gold linen.
2014.018.24
Bruce and Susan Greene Costume Collection
1800 - 1850
Old Number
2006.018
20 in
58 in
Linen