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A whole cloth coverlet of butternut colored wool, comprised of three panels and one very narrow panel. The field is quilted with scrolling foliate vines and diagonal lines and is enclosed by a 'running shell' pattern border. The backing is of a slightly yellower color and it is quilted in green wool yarn.
coverlets
tabby (textile)
quilting
wool (textile)
vines
Wool
Quilted
Novelty Weave
Vine
BEDSPREAD
Original to Spencer-Peirce-Little Farm (Newbury, Mass.),
Unknown
88.25 x 86 (HxW) (inches)
Bequest of Amelia W. Little
1986.1180
Massachusetts (United States)
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