Bedspread
- Object Name:
- Bedspread
- Object ID:
- 1999.040.121.4
- Date:
- 1880-1910
- Description:
- Coverlet. Marseilles heavy cotton, white on white raised and woven design. Central floral and bough pattern, surrounded with diamond pattern. Marseilles bedcover of white cotton, machine woven to imitate quilting. The design consists of a framed center medallion with a strapwork and floral center. The first frame features more strapwork with fronds, and flowers at the corners. Second frame is a design of leafy bundles over a pseudo Greek key design. The outer border is a diamond grid. Top and bottom edges are hemmed by hand; sides are selvedge.
- Material:
- Textile
Cotton - Dimensions:
- W-80.5 L-78.5 inches
- Provenance:
- Part of the bedroom furnishing used by Annalee Davis as a girl, when she lived with her grandparents on Centre St. in Concord, NH, mid-1920s to 1930s; Annalee and her mother and sisters moved in with her mother's parents (Ladd), after the death of Annalee's father. Annalee reminisced that her doll-making business began in that Concord bedroom, as she invited friend over to help her make dolls.
- Credit Line:
- Gift of Annalee Davis Thorndike
- Subjects:
- Bedspreads, Textiles, Weaving
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