Bedspread
- Object Name:
- Bedspread
- Object ID:
- 2002.634.03
- Creator:
- Bannister Hall Print Works
Manufacturer - Place of Origin:
- Preston, Lancashire, England
- Date:
- 1815-1830
- Description:
- Bedspread. Printed at the Bannister Hall Print Works, Preston, Lancashire, England. Two-color blue and red cylinder and block printed cotton toile. Alternating stripes of a motif of plum trees and pheasants with two game birds with flowering vines on each side. Has a 15.1" repeat. Four-panel construction each 26" wide, seamed with 0.13" French seams. Sides are selvedges. Corners cut out of lower end to fit bed. Right, left panel shorter than center which extends 21.5". Hand hemmed .25" on bottom. Top was hand hemmed .25", turned under 5.25" then top stitched with machine stitches. Center left panel pieced at top with two pieces each 12.5" x 10" seamed vertically. Motif not lined up with piecing.
- Material:
- Textile
Cotton - Dimensions:
- W-100 L-92 inches
- Provenance:
- Found in collection. Printed at the Bannister Hall Print Works, Preston, Lancashire, England.
- Credit Line:
- New Hampshire Historical Society Collection
- Subjects:
- Sewing, Bedspreads, Textiles, Weaving, Textile printing, Textiles cylinder printed, Textiles block printed, Bird, Cotton
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