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Rectangular, lightweight, white cotton; woven candlewicking patterning of double rows of tufting. Central starburst motif; radiating lines out to six concentric double line borders.
candlewick spreads
candlewicking (embroidering)
cotton (textile)
machine sewing (technique)
weaving
tabby (textile)
Bedcover
Bedspread
Bedspread
Original to Spencer-Peirce-Little Farm (Newbury, Mass.),
Unknown
90 1/2 (W) (inches)
Bequest of Amelia W. Little
1986.417
Massachusetts (United States)
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