Bedspread
- Object Name:
- Bedspread
- Object ID:
- 1977.009
- Creator:
- Plumer, Hannah (1770-1850); Knox, Polly D. C. (1791-1844)
- Place of Origin:
- Epsom, NH
- Date:
- 1810-1860
- Description:
- Coverlet. Overshot, woven with dark blue wool yarns and white cotton yarns. The woven pattern blocks are divided into quadrants by an X, with a circle in the center and partial circles around the edges; this block is sashed by blue and white blocks; the blue block is a square within a circle. Seamed up the center; there is some slight distortion due to the attempt to match the woven pattern. One panel has been pieced with a felled seam. Each panel is about 32.5 inches wide. The top edge is hemmed, the bottom edge is self-fringed, and the sides have attached fringe, but much of it has been cut away.
- Material:
- Textile
Wool
Cotton - Dimensions:
- W-70 L-87 inches
- Provenance:
- Donor states, "Bedspread woven by either Mrs. Asa Fowler's mother or possibly by her mother Hannah Plumer Cilley, a sister of Gov. William Plumer."
- Credit Line:
- Gift of Evelyn Fowler Reed
- Subjects:
- Bedspreads, Weaving
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