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Wearing blanket (transitional style)

1885–95
Object PlaceNorth America
Medium/TechniqueHandspun wool tapestry weave with diagonal and interlock joins
DimensionsOverall: 134.6 x 183 cm (53 x 72 1/16 in.)
Credit LineGift of John Ware Willard
Accession number12.1087
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.