UCONN HISTORICAL COSTUME & TEXTILE COLLECTION




1949

Table cover


25”x28” peach, plain weave fabric with hand stitched rolled hem. Edges decorated with rust and brown cross stitched pattern of butterflies and flowers. Made by a 16 year old girl in her home in Greece. Sent to Martha Potgieter, Faculty of the University of Connecticut, as a gift in appreciation for a CARE package and clothing sent by Miss Potgieter to a family in Greece in 1949




Provenance:
unknown

Construction Label:
embroidery



2012T 1949.347