Baby's blanket
Category
Childcare objects
Date
Unknown
Materials
Wool and cotton
Measurements
780 mm (length); 680 mm (width)
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Sudbury Hall Museum of Childhood, Derbyshire
NT 658353
Summary
A cream-coloured fine woollen blanket hand-embroidered with a scalloped edge. The edge is bound in blanket stitch and each scallop contains a small flower. Embroidered in one corner is a posy of seven flowers with their stems and three leaves. There is some moth damage which has left a number of small holes and appproximately six slightly larger holes.
Provenance
Donated to the Museum of Childhood by Mrs C. Fawcett in July 1975.