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Bedspread

Collection Type

  • Textiles

Date

ca. 1820

GUSN

GUSN-8112

Description

White-on-white; white fringed edges on sides and bottom. Bottom corners cut for footposts. Central motif: oval with scrolled leafy vines ending in flowers with raised center. Top end, undecorated. Lined with white cotton.

Details

Descriptive Terms

bedspreads
cotton (textile)
embroidering
fringe
tufting
flowers (plants)
floral patterns
vines
Cotton
Fringe
Tufted
Vine
Flower
Embroidered
BEDSPREAD

Associated Building

Original to Hamilton House (South Berwick, Me.),

Maker

Unknown

Dimensions

83.5 (W) (inches)

Credit Line

Bequest of Elizabeth R. Vaughan

Accession Number

1949.1029

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