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Fragment of faille ribbon with embroidered edge, made by Sophia Hawthorne for an infant's garment [realia].

BIB_ID
221746
Accession number
MA 3400 (9)
Creator
Hawthorne, Sophia Peabody, 1809-1871.
Published
[18--]
Credit line
Gift; Lorenz Reich Jr.; 1980.
Description
1 textile fragment.
Notes
The fabric is pale pink or lavender, faded.
Originally wrapped with a paper note in the hand of Rose Hawthorne Lathrop that reads: "A bit of Mrs. Hawthorne's work in making an infant's jacket in 1865 or so."
Forms part of MA 3400, a collection of Hawthorne family letters and ephemera.
32 x 1.5 cm.
Medium
Silk?
Classification