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Twill woven cotton with decorative embroidered bands in point, blue and some green and cream; in wool satin stitch
Department of Paintings Sculpture & Decorative Arts
Miss Frances Elizabeth Bowles gift; to Fogg Art Museum 1940
Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum Gift of Miss Frances Elizabeth Bowles
Title: Pillow
Description:
Twill woven cotton with decorative embroidered bands in point, blue and some green and cream; in wool satin stitch.
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