Two bedspreads and a bolster cover in a printed glazed cotton fabric patterned with sprigs of flowers in red, blue, green and black on a coffee ground. 1991.1770.1 is comprised of three panels of fabric. The reverse has a tiny printed "T" pattern in ivory and white. Overall it is quilted in a scallop pattern. 1991.1770.2 is comprised of three panels of fabric each with bound edges (it might have been a bed hanging at some point). It is also quilted in a scallop pattern. The back has brown and white small printed patterns- "T" and floral. The bolster cover is rectangular in form, with self bound edges. The reverse has a "T" print and scallop quilting.
bedspreads
bolsters (soft furnishings)
cotton (textile)
glazing (coating)
piecing
printing (process)
quilting
Bedcover
Bedspread
Bedspread
Original to Cogswell's Grant (Essex, Mass.),
Unknown
76 x 65 1/2 (HxW) (inches)
Gift of Bertram K. and Nina Fletcher Little
1991.1770.1-3
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