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"Gossips" placemat

Folly Cove Designers (Massachusetts (Gloucester), active 1941–1969)
Virginia Lee Burton Demetrios (American, 1906–1968)
American
about 1960
Object Place: Gloucester, Massachusetts, US

Medium/Technique Cotton plain weave, linoleum block print
Dimensions Overall: 43.8 x 30.5 cm (17 1/4 x 12 in.)
Credit Line Gift of Thomas Michie
Accession Number2011.2070
NOT ON VIEW
ClassificationsTextiles

DescriptionRepeating forest green pattern of women gossiping with red bands on top and bottom.
ProvenancePurchased by Jean Michie Crafts (b. 1913 - d. 2002), Hillsborough, CA; gift of Jean Michie Crafts to her nephew, Thomas Michie, Providence, RI and Boston; 2011, gift of Thomas Michie to the MFA. (Accession Date: December 21, 2011)