About This Artwork

Made by the great-great grandmother, Jane Bolas Vaughan, or great-great-great grandmother, Elizabeth Ottiwell Vaughan, of Edward Goldisborough Chambre Vaughan, 1834–1914
England, Shropshire, Lobbington, Ellesmere, Burlton Hall

Bedcover, late 17th/early 18th century

Linen, plain weave; underlaid with cotton, plain weave; embroidered with silk in back, chain, open chain, leaf, Roman, Roumanian, satin and stem stitches; edged with linen, plain weave tape; two loom widths joined
212.9 x 218.3 cm (83 3/4 x 86 in.)
Grace R. Smith Textile Endowment, 1998.532a