Linen towel, Hancock or Mount Lebanon

mid 19th century

Object ID:

1957.8514.1

Community:

Description

A Bird's-eye variation or Rose path twill. Hand-woven linen. One side is selvage, the other three have folded hand-stitched hems. Looks to have been cut-down and "re-made" from a larger piece of cloth.

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