Bedspread
- Object Name:
- Bedspread
- Object ID:
- 1997.016.13
- Place of Origin:
- Danville, NH
- Date:
- 1810-1870
- Description:
- Coverlet. Overshot, woven with cream-colored cotton, and orange-tan and green wool yarns in a striped pattern of blocks. Border design around three sides is a variation on the center field pattern, with narrower stripes in which the orange and green predominate. Constructed of two widths of fabric, with a selvedge width of ~39"; pattern is well matched along seam. Sides are selvedge, and top and bottom are hemmed by hand. A green wool fringe is applied around three sides. One upper corner bears a woven label: "THIS ARTICLE 5 YEAR GUARANTEE / BERLOU / MOTH PROOFED / by YORGEY'S"; it is stamped with the date, "JAN 30 1959."
- Material:
- Textile
Cotton - Dimensions:
- W-81 L-87 inches
- Provenance:
- Probably owned by Jane (Eaton) French (1793-1826), of Danville, great-great- grandmother of the donor, Halcyon Hobbs Springer.
- Credit Line:
- Gift of Halcyon Hobbs Springer, in Memory of her grandmother, Minnie Douglas Smith
- Subjects:
- Sewing, Bedspreads, Textiles, Weaving
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