Blanket

Date1800-1850

MediumWool, Silk

DimensionsOW: 78"; OL: 90"

Credit LineMuseum Purchase

Object number1952-74

DescriptionBlanket, multi-colored plaid with heavy homespun woolen in mustard, brick-red, and taupe plaid in coarse twill weave; unmatched at center seam. Small, crudely embroidered "D" in red silk in one corner.Mark(s)"D" worked in silk in one cornerProvenanceBlanket, together with #1952-72, 73, descended in the Dickinson family. Family moved from New England to Western Reserve in Ohio. See correspondence in object folder.