Bedcover

About this artwork

Status

Currently Off View

Department

Textiles

Artist

Mary Elizabeth (Motter) Tansill

Title

Bedcover

Place

United States (Object made in)

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Made 1870–1890

Medium

Silk and cotton, plain, twill, and satin weaves; some resist dyed or printed (chiné), some self-patterned, some printed, some "watered" (moiré); pieced; backed with silk, plain weave; printed; edged with silk, satin weave

Dimensions

188.6 × 117.1 cm (74 1/8 × 46 1/8 in.)

Credit Line

Gift of Mrs. Robert Gardner Anderson in memory of Mrs. William France Anderson

Reference Number

1991.754

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