Coverlet

CultureAmerican

Dateca. 1840

MediumJacquard woven wool

DimensionsOverall: 80 × 86 inches (203.2 × 218.44 cm)

Credit LineGift of H. Marie White, through her mother Mrs. Nellie White

Object numberR63-19

On View

Not on view

Collections

Architecture, Design and Decorative Arts

Terms

DescriptionRed and white, double weave coverlet with several, repeated units of floral decoration -- daisylike flower within an octagonal frame of cross stitch design; panels with a pine tree and snowflake pattern which frame a large lilylike flower and a smaller flower in each of the corners. These floral units are in turn framed by a wide border of design resembling a wild cactus flower; an urn is portrayed in two of the border corners. Below this border is a narrower one of repeated floral units.

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