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1765-1775
GUSN-49503
Square, off white; linen warp, cotton weft. Central flowering tree on jagged mound; framed by narrow, single-strand flowering vine. Outer frame of undulating green bamboo vine with floral sprigs interspersed; ribboned flowering sprigs at corners. Outer border same narrow vine.
palampores
bamboo (material)
block printing (relief printing process)
cotton (textile)
linen (material)
painting (coating)
piecing
textiles
bamboo (material)
floral patterns
flowers (plants)
Orientalism
rose (genus)
trees
Linen
Cotton
Transfer Printed
Painted
Pieced
Floral
Tree
Orientalism
Rose
Peony
Chrysanthemum
Bamboo
Unidentified Textile
BEDSPREAD
Original To Sayward House,
Unknown
88.5 x 88.5 (HxW) (inches)
Gift of the heirs of Elizabeth Cheever Wheeler
1977.540
Gerver, Veronika. Studies in Textile History. [No Publisher]. _____ Note _____ 1977
Maine (United States)
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