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Towel
Object/Artifact
All handspun, handwoven linen Z singles. allover huck weave. 20 PPIx20 EPI. Narrow hem (linen singles) with PW cotten hemed loop at top (z2s cotton) Bottom bound with strip of cotton cloth with one side ravelled, knotted into fringe, over earlier linene stitches, z2s cotton. 27x37"
2014.018.97
Bruce and Susan Greene Costume Collection
1825 - 1850
Old Number
87.147
27 in
37 in
Linen
Cotton