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Wearing blanket (transitional style)

about 1900
Object PlaceNorth America
Medium/TechniqueWool tapestry weave with interlock joins. Cotton warp.
Dimensions93 x 144 cm (36 5/8 x 56 11/16 in.)
Credit LineGift of John Ware Willard
Accession number12.1085
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.