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Rose blanket
Blanket
Rose blanket
English, used in America
around 1815
Place of Use: Lexington, Massachusetts, United States; Place of Manufacture: Whitney, Oxfordshire, England
Medium/Technique
Wool plain weave with wool embroidery
Dimensions
229.5 x 199 cm (90 3/8 x 78 3/8 in.)
Credit Line
Gift of Dr. Merrell L. Stout
Accession Number45.609
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CollectionsEurope, Fashion and Textiles
ClassificationsTextiles
DescriptionWhite blanket with a black, red, pink, and yellow compass rose motif embroidered in each corner (in cross and satin stitches); thin black woven stripe and red cross stitching along each end; black "CR/N3" backstitched in upper left corner (Caira Robbins of East Lexington, Massachusetts [April 12, 1794 to June 12, 1881])
Inscriptions"CR/N3" back stitched in black wool in upper left corner
ProvenanceInitials embroidered by Caira Robbins (April 12, 1794 to June 12, 1881); Used by the Robbins family of Lexington, MA; Inherited by Dr. Merrell L. Stout from Ellen A. Stone; Gift to the MFA, June, 1945