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Bedcover (Bedspread)
Mary Foot
Category
Textiles (Furnishing)
Creator/Artist/Maker
Mary Foot (Maker)
Place of Origin
Colchester; Connecticut; New London; New England; United States; North America
Materials
- Wool
Museum Object Number
1960.0594
Credit Line/Donor
Bequest of Henry Francis du Pont
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Object Number
1960.0594
Object Name
Bedcover (Bedspread)
Category
Textiles (Furnishing)
Creator (Role)
Mary Foot (Maker)
Place of Origin
Colchester; Connecticut; New London; New England; United States; North America
Mark/Signature/Inscription/Label
Type: Inscription
Location: center
Inscription: "Mary Foot"/ "AD 1778"
Mark/Signature: Yes
Materials
- Wool
Techniques
- Embroidered
Construction Description
Hand-stitched
Dimensions (inches)
80 (W) x 80.5 (L)
Dimensions (centimeters)
203.2 (W) x 204.47 (L)
Measurement Notes
The fringe 2.25".
Bibliography and Bibliographic Notes
Book: Cantor, Jay E. 1997 Winterthur. 264.
• Published: p. 159Book: Swan, Susan Burrows. 1977 Plain & Fancy: American Women and Their Needlework, 1700-1850.
• Published: p. 146, 147, pl. 32Book: Swan, Susan Burrows. 1995 Plain and Fancy: American Women and their Needlework, 1650-1850.
• Published: p. 154, pl. 30Article: Smucker, Janneken. 2008 Early Nineteenth-Century Embroidered Bedcovers. Winterthur Portfolio. 42, No. 4 (Winter 2008): 223-242.
• Published: p. 230, fig. 6. Discussed: pp. 226-227.