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Bedcover (Bedspread)
1800-1835
Category
Textiles (Furnishing)
Place of Origin
United States; North America
Materials
- Wool
Museum Object Number
1969.0554
Credit Line/Donor
Bequest of Henry Francis du Pont
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Object Number
1969.0554
Object Name
Bedcover (Bedspread)
Category
Textiles (Furnishing)
Place of Origin
United States; North America
Date
1800-1835
Mark/Signature/Inscription/Label
Type: Label
Location: upper right corner
Inscription: "69.554 / 1810-1835 / United / States" on handwritten paper hang tag
Type: Label
Location: upper right corner
Inscription: "Spradlinized" printed on sewn-on cotton tape
Mark/Signature: Yes
Materials
- Wool
Techniques
- Embroidered
Construction Description
Hand-stitched
Dimensions (inches)
77.75 (W) x 94.25 (L)
Dimensions (centimeters)
197.485 (W) x 239.395 (L)
Measurement Notes
The widths of the fabric panels that make up the bedcover are 26 inches.
Bibliography and Bibliographic Notes
Book: Bishop, Robert & Atkins, Jacqueline M. 1995 Folk Art in American Life.
• See similar bedcover: p. 110.Book: Swan, Susan Burrows. 1977 Plain & Fancy: American Women and Their Needlework, 1700-1850.
• Published: p. 103, fig. 50Book: Swan, Susan Burrows. 1995 Plain and Fancy: American Women and their Needlework, 1650-1850.
• Published: p. 107, fig. 54Other: Bell, Nicholas R. Connoisseurship I: Textile Investigation.
• Discussed on p. 3Article: Smucker, Janneken. 2008 Early Nineteenth-Century Embroidered Bedcovers. Winterthur Portfolio. 42, No. 4 (Winter 2008): 223-242.
• Published: p. 225, fig. 1 and p. 226, fig. 2. Discussed: pp. 224-226.