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Bell Pull

1830-40s
Medium/TechniquePainted cotton velvet, cotton plain weave, silk plain weave, gilt metal, cardboard
DimensionsOverall: 12.1 x 210.8 cm (4 3/4 x 83 in.)
Other (original length): 254 cm (100 in.)
Other (card used as backing): 7.6 x 11.4 cm (3 x 4 1/2 in.)
Other (rosette): 5.1 x 18.4 cm (2 x 7 1/4 in.)
Other (ring or weight): 12.7 x 8.3 x 1.9 cm (5 x 3 1/4 x 3/4 in.)
Credit LineAnonymous gift
Accession number2015.3289.1-3
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ClassificationsTextiles
InscriptionsPrinted and written on card sewn inside top portion: "Mr. Garrow [handwritten] Returns thanks to Mrs. Nuthall [handwritten] for the Honor of Obliging Enquiries Rowe and Waller Fleet Street [printer's mark, Fleet St., Boston]"
ProvenancePurchased at auction by an anonymous donor; 2015, gift of an anonymous donor to the MFA. (Accession date: December 16, 2015)
Bell Pull
1830-1840s
Quilt: Joyful Noise
Clara Wainwright
November 2008
Group shot: 2019.2282.1-3
Susan Hoffman
1975
Manuscript cover
15th or 16th century
Appliqued bed quilt
Mary Heidenroder Simon
about 1845–50
Manuscript cover
16th or 17th century
Manuscript  cover
16th or 17th century
Manuscript cover
16th or 17th century
Manuscript  cover
16th or 17th century
Manuscript  cover
16th or 17th century