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NAPKIN, ONE OF 12

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About this object

Off-white plain-weave cotton- flax square napkins with polychrome embroidery and drawn threadwork. The monogram “MPD” is embroidered at the lower proper-left corner in polychrome script. The other three corners have varied fillet mesh designs at each: a seahorse in green at the lower proper right cor, a dark blue four-petal flower at the upper proper right, and a yellow bird at the upper proper left. The edges are bordered in orange and blue double hemstitch.

Object name:
NAPKIN, ONE OF 12
Made from:
Cotton -- flax
Date made:
1935-1955
Size:
11 1/2 × 11 1/2 in. (29.2 × 29.2 cm)

Detailed information for this item

Catalog number:
2014.2.6.8
Signature marks:
MONOGRAM: MPD [lower left corner]
Credit line:
Gift of Dina Merrill Hartley, 2014