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Of rectangular form with a centered panel of fine cotton woven in a stripe pattern in shades of brown, green, purple, blue and off-white. It is quilted in 'fish scale' pattern and enclosed by side pieces of flower and pillar-printed cotton in red and beige. The center stripe panel also has large square patches of pillar-print. The pillar-print is unquilted.
bedspreads
cotton (textile)
piecing
printing (process)
quilting
weaving
geometric patterns
hashira-e
Cotton
Pieced
Transfer Printed
Quilted
Woven
Pillar Print
Geometric
BEDSPREAD
Original to Spencer-Peirce-Little Farm (Newbury, Mass.),
Unknown
84 x 81 (HxW) (inches)
Bequest of Amelia W. Little
1986.1176
Massachusetts (United States)
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