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5. Amanda K. Winter's blankets
This embroidered blanket was made in a period when New England "Cattle
Shows" were displaying household manufacturers of all kinds, including
pairs of "rose blankets." Early rose blankets, imported from England,
had simple renditions of "compass roses" in the corners. New England rose
blankets punned on that idea. Amanda embroidered two
sets of roses--one floral, one maritime. Less ambitious than bed rugs, they too show an effort to
embellish homespun.
Images kindly provided by the New Hampshire Historical Society.
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This awkwardly embroidered blanket appeared at a church rummage sale in
Massachusetts a few years ago. This image is from Laurel Thatcher Ulrich's personal collection.
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This rose blanket showed up in a coastal Maine shop. Like
most home-woven blankets it has two panels seamed together down the
middle. This image is from Laurel Thatcher Ulrich's personal collection.
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The jacket for The Age of Homespun is a chimneypiece with fishing lady motif. Boston, 1747-50. Tent stitch in wool on linen
canvas, with silk and glass beads. From the Collection of the
Society for the Preservation of New England Antiquities (SPNEA)
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1. Eliza Philbrick's "Colonial Gown"
2. Bed rug
3. Tablecloth
4. Woodsplint basket
5. Amanda K. Winter's blankets
6. Purse
7. Hannah Barnard "table stone" Hadley, MA cemetery |
