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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
Printed cotton
? 18th century
Motif Imbrique Chinois
Manufacture Royale de Oberkampf à Jouy
late 18th century