c. 1839
52.5 × 39.2 cm (20 11/16 × 15 7/16 in.) armhole from shoulder fold to underarm seam: 16 cm (6 5/16 in.)
Alfred Greenough, Sr (1809-1851), bequest; to his son, Alfred Greenough, Jr. (1844-1884), bequest; through family relations and descent to donor's great grandmother, Harriet Parker Reynolds, his grandmother Dorothea Jordan Reynolds, and his mother, Dorothea Reynolds Hanson, bequest; to John Hanson, gift; to Harvard Art Museums, 2022
Warps: 2 Z spun S plied undyed ivory wool on 2 distinct levels. Wefts: 1 Z spun wool in red, white and ornage; 2 yarns per shoot; pronounced lazy lines. Pile: 2 Z spun S plied woo. Pile colors: dark red (abrashed), pale orange, pale red (shifting from orange-ish to purplish), yellow-beige, very pale green, light grey, blue grey, dark blue, white undyed wool, dark black-brown, and white cotton which has turned a sort of ecru color. Knots: symmetrical. Woven upside down. 70 knots per vertical decimeter. 45 knots per horizontal decimeter. Both selvedges: replaced. Top end: 1 cm. green and red tapestry weave, stripped. Bottom end: 1 1/2 cm. green tapestry weave in 1/2 cm green and red stripes, stripped. Woven upside down.
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