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Description:
One linen sheet, made from two selvage widths (each 31.5"wide) of bleached, plain weave linen. The two lengths are whip stitched together at a center seam. At the top center of the sheet, on either side of the seam, is a initial, cross stitched in silk embroidery floss, perhaps signifying the maker(s), "K" (on its side) and "P."

Subjects:
Textile fabrics; Embroidery; Linen; Silk

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https://museums.fivecolleges.edu/detail.php?t=objects&type=ext&id_number=HD+2013.31.5

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