Tablecloth

Museum number:
2-68359
Permalink:
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Accession number:
Acc.4138
Description:
Tablecloth; cotton; white with red, blue, and green stripped border embellished with people eating and playing musical instruments; square in center with pies, cotton bells, and banjoes; figures represent stereotyped African Americans. Plain woven commercial cotton.
Donor:
Joan A. Knudsen
Collection place:
United States
Culture or time period:
United States Historic
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Tablecloths
Function:
4.1 Dwellings and Furnishings
Department:
Nonnative US and Canada (except California)
Images:
Hearst Museum object 1 of 2 titled Tablecloth, accession number 2-68359, described as Tablecloth; cotton; white with red, blue, and green stripped border embellished with people eating and playing musical instruments; square in center with pies, cotton bells, and banjoes; figures represent stereotyped African Americans. Plain woven commercial cotton.Hearst Museum object 2 of 2 titled Tablecloth, accession number 2-68359, described as Tablecloth; cotton; white with red, blue, and green stripped border embellished with people eating and playing musical instruments; square in center with pies, cotton bells, and banjoes; figures represent stereotyped African Americans. Plain woven commercial cotton.
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Tablecloth, accession number 2-68359, described as Tablecloth; cotton; white with red, blue, and green stripped border embellished with people eating and playing musical instruments; square in center with pies, cotton bells, and banjoes; figures represent stereotyped African Americans. Plain woven commercial cotton.

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