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Title
Torn Altar Cloth
Creator
Lummis, Charles Fletcher
Date Created and/or Issued
circa 1888
Publication Information
Museum of Ventura County
Contributing Institution
Museum of Ventura County
Collection
General Collection
Rights Information
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Description
Image shows a torn altar cloth. A lighter color fringe can be seen at the top of the cloth. The same light colored fringe can also be seen on the bottom of the cloth. At the bottom of the altar cloth there is a scalloped pattern with embroidered flowers within each half circle. Museum records include note that the altar cloth matches a description in Helen Hunt Jackson's novel, Ramona.
Type
image
Format
Black and white negative
Identifier
30959 NP
Language
English
Subject
Altar-cloths
Rancho Camulos (Calif.)
Place
California
Ventura County (Calif.)
Piru (Calif.)
Source
Marguerite Haines Collection, 1997

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