Object Number 1955.0660.002

Object Name

Bedcover (Bedspread)

Category

Textiles (Furnishing)

Credit Line/Donor

Gift of Henry Francis du Pont

Place of Origin

China, Asia

Origin Notes

This bedcover was made in China, in the French taste, probably in the Beaux Arts period of the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries.

Date

1890-1910

Mark or Signature or Inscription or Label

1. Label; top back left corner; typed in black "Sheraton Bed Room / 55.660.2"

Materials

Silk; Cotton

Techniques

Embroidered

Construction Description

Hand -stitched

Dimensions (inches)

101.5 (L) , 84.25 (W)

Dimensions (centimeters)

257.81 (L) , 214 (W)

Measurement Notes

Measurements exclude fringe. Fringe measures 1'' on two sides.

Object Description

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