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.Markings"D" worked in silk in one corner
ProvenanceBlanket, 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.
1852 (dated)
1750-1800
Late 18th-early 19th century
1800-1850
1820-1840
1650-1675
1790-1800
1780-1800; backing 1750-1780
1840-1860