White; rounded bottom corners; additional wefts provide ribbed texture. Candlewicking designs: central star motif surrounded by sprigged border with potted plants and heart clusters and stars outside; lattice border. Additional double trellis-like zig-zag border; stars and potted plants within; double knotted lines; dots between as edge border.
bedspreads
candlewicking (embroidering)
cotton (textile)
stitching
piecing
whitework
floral patterns
hearts (motifs)
stars
Cotton
Pieced
Whitework
Candlewicked
Hand Stitched
Floral
Star
Heart
BEDSPREAD
Candlewicking at top center: 1813/Mary Ely
Ely, Mary (Maker)
Old Lyme, CT, USA
91 (W) (inches)
1965.162
Weissman & Lavitt. Labors of Love. [No Publisher].
Connecticut (United States)
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