"Linsey-woolsey" coverlet/bedspread of suared form with bottom corners cut out; comprised on three panels, quilted with diamond blocks set in diagonal rows, each containing floral, palmetic and feather-quilted motif set against group of quilted parallel diagonal lines, scalloped feather pattern where sides drop; deep blue linen and wool on front side, backed with ochre-yellow linen and wool; hemmed edges, with top and corner edges edged with braiding.
coverlets
linen (material)
quilting
wool (textile)
Linen
Wool
Quilted
BEDSPREAD
NFL's hand-written tag: ""Dark blue / linsey woolsey"".
Original to Cogswell's Grant (Essex, Mass.),
Unknown
91.5 (W) (inches)
Gift of Bertram K. and Nina Fletcher Little
1991.297
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