Object Number 1960.0594

Object Name

Bedcover (Bedspread)

Category

Textiles (Furnishing)

Credit Line/Donor

Bequest of Henry Francis du Pont

Creator (Role)

Mary Foot (Maker)

Place of Origin

Colchester, New London, Connecticut, New England, United States, North America

Mark or Signature or Inscription or Label

1. Inscription; center; "Mary Foot"/ "AD 1778"

Materials

Wool

Techniques

Embroidered

Construction Description

Hand-stitched

Dimensions (inches)

80.5 (L) , 80 (W)

Dimensions (centimeters)

204.47 (L) , 203.2 (W)

Measurement Notes

The fringe 2.25".

Object Description

Text available soon.

Bibliography and Bibliographic Notes

[Book] Cantor, Jay E. 1997 Winterthur. 264.
• Published: p. 159
[Book] Swan, Susan Burrows. 1977 Plain & Fancy: American Women and Their Needlework, 1700-1850.
• Published: p. 146, 147, pl. 32
[Book] Swan, Susan Burrows. 1995 Plain and Fancy: American Women and their Needlework, 1650-1850.
• Published: p. 154, pl. 30