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Bedcover (Friendship Quilt) (Unfinished)

A work made of cotton, plain weave; glazed; some inscribed with sepia ink; cotton, plain weave; roller printed; and center of linen, plain weave self-patterned by main warp and ground weft floats; embroidered with wool in stem stitches.
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  • A work made of cotton, plain weave; glazed; some inscribed with sepia ink; cotton, plain weave; roller printed; and center of linen, plain weave self-patterned by main warp and ground weft floats; embroidered with wool in stem stitches.

Date:

1848

Artist:

United States, probably Connecticut

About this artwork

Status

Currently Off View

Department

Textiles

Title

Bedcover (Friendship Quilt) (Unfinished)

Place

United States (Object made in)

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Made 1848

Medium

Cotton, plain weave; glazed; some inscribed with sepia ink; cotton, plain weave; roller printed; and center of linen, plain weave self-patterned by main warp and ground weft floats; embroidered with wool in stem stitches

Dimensions

239.7 × 241.3 cm (94 3/8 × 95 in.)

Credit Line

Gift of Carolyn Hammond

Reference Number

1972.407

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