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Saddle blanket

1885–95
Object PlaceNorth America
Medium/TechniqueWeft-faced wool diamond twill weave
Dimensions179 x 82 cm (70 1/2 x 32 5/16 in.)
Credit LineGift of John Ware Willard
Accession number12.1083
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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.