Blanket

Rose blanket

Name/Title

Blanket

Entry/Object ID

1992.35.2

Description

White wool blanket embroidered in two corners with star, wagon wheel, or rosette designs. The wool embroidery is in a nine-pointed star, with one having wide points and the other straight. The star is stitched with yellow, blue, and brown thread. Each star is encircled with a herringbone-stitched circle of blue, and another of yellow. The blanket is marked at the center seam on the top edge, "PD".

Context

Made by Abigail Flagg Dewey of Berlin, Vermont

Acquisition

Accession

1992.35

Source or Donor

Ellis, Arthur Stone

Acquisition Method

Gift

Made/Created

Manufacturer

Dewey, Abigail Flagg (1783-1862)

Date made

1800 - 1814

Place

Town

Berlin

County

Washington County

State/Province

Vermont

Country

United States of America

Continent

North America

Lexicon

Nomenclature 4.0

Nomenclature Primary Object Term

Blanket

Nomenclature Class

Bedding

Nomenclature Category

Category 02: Furnishings

Dimensions

Dimension Description

Overall

Height

81 in

Width

56 in

Material

Wool