Rectangular off-white cotton bedspread with two rounded cut-out corners and knotted fringe on all sides; central motif is woven oval composition of flowers (probably tulips); borders composed of woven field of flowers (possibly violets) enclosed by straight lines and rows of crossed tulips; informal bunches of tulips appear in spaces abetween borders and central motif.
bedspreads
cotton (textile)
weaving
Bedspread
Original To Sarah Orne Jewett House (South Berwick, Me.),
Unknown
94 1/2 x 79 (HxW) (inches)
Anonymous Gift
1998.6371
South Berwick (York county, Maine)
Maine (United States)
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