A pieced, rectangular panel with gathered and pieced flounces on three sides. It has white piping at the seams, and has overall colors of yellow, brown, gray and white pillar and rose print. The central panel is quilted in squares of parallel lines; it is also backed in natural linen. The side panels are unquilted and unlined. There is a cut-out for the bed posts with cotton tape ties at the foot end.
bedspreads
cotton (textile)
linen (material)
printing (process)
quilting
floral patterns
Cotton
Linen
Transfer Printed
Quilted
Floral
BEDSPREAD
Original to Spencer-Peirce-Little Farm (Newbury, Mass.),
Unknown
102 x 104 (HxW) (inches)
Bequest of Amelia W. Little
1986.1156
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