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Feather bed

Collection Type

  • Textiles

Date

1870-1930

GUSN

GUSN-8743

Description

White cotton twill ground woven with blue ticking stripe. Front and back both pieced from two widths of fabric. Feather stuffing.

Details

Descriptive Terms

mattresses
cotton (textile)
feather (material)
weaving
machine-made
piecing
stuffing (upholstering technique)
ticking
twill
feather (material)
stripes
Cotton
Feather
Twill
Woven
Stripe
Pieced
Stuffed
Tick
MATTRESS

Maker

Unknown

Dimensions

56 (W) (inches)

Accession Number

1955.158

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