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Wearing blanket
Wearing blanket

Wearing blanket

about 1885
Object PlaceUnited States
Medium/TechniqueWool tapestry weave with dovetail and interlocked joins; 2/2 twined green, top-dyed green cords on ends
DimensionsOverall: 209.6 x 123.2 cm (82 1/2 x 48 1/2 in.)
Credit LineGift of John Ware Willard
Accession number12.1084
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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.