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Placemat: Guernsey

(American, born in 1905)
(Massachusetts (Gloucester), active 1941–1969)
about 1952
Object PlaceGloucester, Massachusetts, United States
Medium/TechniqueCotton plain weave; block-printed
Dimensions31.8 x 45.7 cm (12.5 x 18 in.)
Credit LineGift of Ruth Lepper Gardner
Accession number2001.448
On View
Not on view
ClassificationsTextiles
ProvenanceGiven to Ruth Lepper Gardner by Louise Kenyon (of Folly Cove Designers) in the 1960s; Gift to the MFA, June 27, 2001
late 18th century
Curtain
Ruth Reeves
1930s
William Morris
Design registered 1875
William Morris
Design registered 1875
Textile fragment
late 18th to early 19th century
Length of fabric
last quarter of the 18th century
Textile fragment
late 18th century
Woman's head cloth or ceremonial cover
late 18th or early 19th century
Textile fragment
late 18th century
Textile fragment
Callicoe Printing Corporation
late 18th to early 19th century