White spread, woven raised candlewicking-like designs of sawtooth edged [symbols]; rococco-like scrolling flowers, above; points in field of dot-line diamonds, below; stars, center. Sides and bottom flaps: large scrolling rococco leaves with rows of leaves along edge with zig-zag border; drawstring cutouts; applied knotted fringe with tape binding.
bedspreads
cotton (textile)
fringe
weaving
machine-made
whitework
floral patterns
geometric patterns
industrialization
stars
Cotton
Fringe
Woven
Whitework
Star
Floral
Geometric
Industrialization
BEDSPREAD
Used At Marrett House (Standish, Me.),
Unknown
102 (W) (inches)
Bequest of Frances S. Marrett
1959.1223
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