Massachusetts Dish Towel by Catstudio

Henry David Thoreau says Hi! This original design celebrates the State of Massachusetts - from Nantucket to the Berkshires to Boston!!!

The design is silk-screened, then framed with a hand embroidered border on a 100% cotton dish towel/hand towel/guest towel/bar towel. Three stripes down both sides and hand dyed rick-rack at the top and bottom add a charming vintage touch. Delightfully presented in a fab organdy re-usable pouch!

• 100% Cotton
• Machine wash cold and line dry
• Packaged in organdy pouch
• Measures 20" x 29"

Fun Facts:

• Birthplace of the frozen meal: Clarence Birdseye invented frozen foods in Gloucester in 1925.
• Basketball and Volleyball were both invented in Massachusetts (in 1891 and 1895 respectively).
• Boston is home to the first subway system (built in 1897).
• The first computer, Multics, was invented in Cambridge, MA at MIT 1964.
• The First lighthouse built in the United States was Boston Lighthouse built on Little Brewster Island in 1716.
• In 1877 the Footlight Club was founded in Jamaica Plain, it is the oldest coontinuously producing community theatre in the U.S.
• Boston Common is the nation's first public park, established in 1634.
• Rockport, MA is home to the unique "Paper House" a small one story house built with newspaper walls. It was designed and built by Elis Stenman in 1922.
• The first purebred dog developed in America was the Boston Terrier (a cross between an English Bulldog and English Terrier) in 1869.
• Until 1820 the entirety of New England was all one state named Massachusetts.
• Harvard University, the country's first college, was founded in 1636.
• Boston is 330 miles south of Portland, Oregon yet sees more snowfall that its West Coast counterpart.