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Bedspread

Collection Type

  • Textiles

Date

1900-1950

GUSN

GUSN-11080

Description

Indian print bedspread with chartreuse-colored ground and trim; the center has blocks of black-outlined peach; yellow and grey bold flowers which are enclosed by elaborate borders with flowers in kidney and heart-shaped motifs on ecru ground; it is pieced in two panels; there are two selvege ends and two frayed ends.

Details

Descriptive Terms

bedspreads
cotton (textile)
dyeing
printing (process)
Bedcover
Bedspread
Bedspread

Associated Building

Original to Cogswell's Grant (Essex, Mass.),

Maker

Unknown

Dimensions

103 x 68 (HxW) (inches)

Credit Line

Gift of Bertram K. and Nina Fletcher Little

Accession Number

1992.431

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