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Wearing blanket (transitional style)
Wearing blanket (transitional style)

Wearing blanket (transitional style)

about 1885
Object PlaceNorth America
Medium/TechniqueWool tapestry weave with interlock and diagonal joins
Dimensions150 x 202 cm (59 1/16 x 79 1/2 in.)
Credit LineGift of John Ware Willard
Accession number12.1089
On View
Not on view
ClassificationsTextiles
ProvenanceBetween about 1885 and 1898, probably acquired by John Ware Willard (b. 1859 - d. 1914), Brookline, MA [see note]; 1912, gift of John Ware Willard to the MFA. (Accession Date: November 7, 1912)

NOTE: Willard worked as a mining engineer in California (voter registers show him in Calaveras County) and the American Southwest between 1885 and 1898.