Bedspread
- Object Name:
- Bedspread
- Object ID:
- 1982.079.02
- Creator:
- Savage, Nancy E. (1828-1908)
- Place of Origin:
- Greenfield, NH
- Date:
- 1850-1852
- Description:
- Coverlet Fragment. Made by Nancy E. Savage (1828-1908), Greenfield, NH; 1850-1852. Summer and Winter weave, with dark blue wool and white cotton yarns. The pattern consists of alternating blocks of four squares and four circles, with the white and blue alternating in the squares also. Two edges have a border design of echoed scallops. The edges are hemmed, the remaining edge is selvedge.
- Material:
- Textile
Wool
Cotton - Dimensions:
- W-39 L-46.5 inches
- Provenance:
- Typed sheet accompanying gift states: "All wool blankets, made from wool of sheep grown by William Savage of Greenfield, N.H. between 1845 and 1852. The wool was spun and woven in to blankets by Nancy Savage for her trouseau, when she married Artemas Woodward, Oct. 28, 1852
- Credit Line:
- Gift of Elizabeth Mason
- Subjects:
- Sewing, Bedspreads, Textiles, Weaving
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