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Culture:American
Title:table cover
Date Made:dated 1815
Type:Household Accessory; Textile
Materials:textile: cotton, linen
Place Made:United States
Measurements:overall: 39 in x 27 1/2 in; 99.06 cm x 69.85 cm
Accession Number:  HD F.229
Credit Line:Gift of Henry N. Flynt and Helen Geier Flynt
Museum Collection:  Historic Deerfield

Description:
Whitework finely woven white cotton table cover with a netted fringe with tassels and "H. Fish made this by hand in the year 1815" in red stitches on a linen label sewn to the edge of the coarser woven, white cotton backing. The two layers have the outline of the design stitched together in a back stitch, with the stuffing set in from the back, in a type of work later called marseille work and 'trapunto' in the 20th century. Small sections on the front have been replaced.

Subjects:
Textile fabrics; Cotton; Linen

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