Towel

Museum number:
2-68273
Permalink:
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Accession number:
Acc.3032
Description:
Towel or short table runner. White processed linen in basket-diaper weave with Fleur de Lys overall motif; hemmed with drawn work, knitted linen edges on 2 ends. Applied knitted lace edging with leaf motif. Length 139.4 cm; width 45 cm.
Donor:
Design Department (UC Berkeley)
Collection place:
United States
Verbatim coll. place:
U.S.A.
Culture or time period:
United States Historic
Materials:
Linen (material)
Object type:
ethnography
Function:
1.5 Household and 4.1 Dwellings and Furnishings
Accession date:
1974
Department:
Nonnative US and Canada (except California)
Dimensions:
length 55 inches and width 18 inches
Images:
Hearst Museum object titled Towel, accession number 2-68273, described as Towel or short table runner. White processed linen in basket-diaper weave with Fleur de Lys overall motif; hemmed with drawn work, knitted linen edges on 2 ends. Applied knitted lace edging with leaf motif. Length 139.4 cm; width 45 cm.
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Towel, accession number 2-68273, described as Towel or short table runner. White processed linen in basket-diaper weave with Fleur de Lys overall motif; hemmed with drawn work, knitted linen edges on 2 ends. Applied knitted lace edging with leaf motif. Length 139.4 cm; width 45 cm.

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