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White-on-white candlewick bedspread; cut corners for posts. Central urn of flowers surrounded by curvy wave-like border. Next border: vine with grapes and leaves. Outer border: swags and bows. Fringe on three sides of knotted diamonds basted onto netted fabric. Unlined.
bedspreads
candlewicking (embroidering)
cotton (textile)
fringe
knotting
net (textile)
tufting
vine scrolls
swags
Cotton
Tufted
Fringe
Net
Vine
Leaf
Swag
Bow
Knotted
Candlewicked
BEDSPREAD
Original to Hamilton House (South Berwick, Me.),
Unknown
88 (W) (inches)
Bequest of Elizabeth R. Vaughan
1949.1030
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