Baby Blanket

Textile

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Raupp Museum

Name/Title

Baby Blanket

Entry/Object ID

2024.01.008

Description

One (1) rectangle, yellow baby blanket with embroidered design and satin trim. Satin trim runs around the border of the blanket, is white and 1/2 inch thick. Main body of the blanket is yellow cotton. In the center are three (3) embroidered cats wearing baby clothes. The outline and whiskers of the cats are brown thread; the clothes outline and eyes are blue thread. Each cat has a small pink hat hung over one ear; pink scarf around the neck with white tassels at the end; and pink mittens. The two cats on the lower half are front-facing. The right cat's mittens are dangling off the paws and it appears to be dancing. The left cat has dropped the mittens and is stooping to pick them up. The top cat is facing away, also stooping to pick up dropped mittens. Framing the cats is a segmented border of grass and flowers like they are in a meadow or on a hill. The grass and leaves are green thread. The flowers have white petals with a pink center, identical to the tassels at the ends of the scarves.

Made/Created

Date made

circa 1940 - circa 1950

Dimensions

Width

27 in

Length

35 in

Material

Cotton, Satin, Thread

Condition

Overall Condition

Very Good