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Dresden Plate Pattern summer spread

Dresden Plate Pattern summer spread

(Canadian, 1878–1966)
1926
Object PlaceBoutiliers Point, Nova Scotia, Canada
Medium/TechniquePieced printed cotton plain weave, apppliqued and embroidered onto cotton plain weave
DimensionsHeight x width: 214.6 x 181.6 cm (84 1/2 x 71 1/2 in.)
Credit LineGift of Tomie Nagano and Wayne E. Nichols
Accession number2014.1954
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ClassificationsTextiles
InscriptionsTwo hand written inscriptions in ball point pen on reverse: "Made by Edith B/ Made by/ Edith Boutilier Kennedy/Boutiliers Point/ Halifax County Nova Scotia/ Canada 88 yrs age" in lower left corner in blue ball point pen, and "1926 [or perhaps 1928] Edith Boutlilier Nova Scotia Canada"
ProvenanceBefore 2014, sold to Wayne E. Nichols and Tomie Nagano, Dedham, MA; 2014, gift of Nichols and Nagano to the MFA. (Accession date: December 10, 2014)