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1814/10/01
GUSN-11987
Four poster coverlet with candlewicked embroidered design on top and gathered, with ribbed cotton. It drops to the floor on three sides. On an overshot white cotton background is a large spread-winged eagle over a stylized urn, surrounded by a floral vine and at the foot of the bed. At the base of the urn is an embroidered phrase.
bedspreads
candlewicking (embroidering)
cotton (textile)
embroidering
floral patterns
urns
Cotton
Candlewicked
Embroidered
Eagle
Urn
Floral
BEDSPREAD
Embroidered on the front at the base of the urn is: October 1st, 1814, Mary Ann Morison.
Original to Rundlet-May House (Portsmouth, N.H.),
Morison, Mary Ann Hopkins (Maker)
NH, USA
105 (W) (inches)
Gift of Ralph May
1971.1674
New Hampshire (United States)
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