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Cloth, piece of
Linen cloth embroidered with the initials ED. Belonged to Mrs Esther Davies (1804-92), wife of Isaac Davies (1793-1866) of Cilgryman Fawr, Llanwinio. The cloth was used in the 1840s by neighbouring cottagers as biers to carry to the graveyards the bodies of children who had died in infancy.
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Collection Area
Social & Cultural History
Item Number
F74.338.2
Acquisition
Donation
Measurements
Length
(mm): 880
Width
(mm): 515
Techniques
embroidery
Material
linen (flax fabric)
Location
In store
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