About This Artwork

United States, possibly New York

Bedcover, 1854

Cotton, plain weave; embroidered with cotton yarns in back, chain, cross, overcast, running (pattern darning) and surface satin stitches; main warp fringe; two loom widths joined
221.3 x 211.2 cm (87 1/8 x 83 1/8 in.)
Loom width: approximately 99.1 cm (39-41 1/2 in.)
Restricted gift of the Textile Society, 1987.150