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Bedcover

A work made of center: cotton, plain weave; embroidered with silk, cotton, and wool in buttonhole, chain, cross, single cross, feather, roumanian, satin, single satin, stem, and twined double running stitches; squares: cotton, cotton and linen, and linen, plain weaves; block, copperplate, and roller printed.
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  • A work made of center: cotton, plain weave; embroidered with silk, cotton, and wool in buttonhole, chain, cross, single cross, feather, roumanian, satin, single satin, stem, and twined double running stitches; squares: cotton, cotton and linen, and linen, plain weaves; block, copperplate, and roller printed.

Date:

1795/1820

Artist:

Mary Jones (American, active 1795/1820)
New England or Mid-Atlantic, United States

About this artwork

This bedcover includes an embroidered center square and over 30 different English and French printed cottons ranging in date from about 1780 to 1810. Because the United States’ commercial textile industry was in its infancy during the late 18th century, there was a great dependency on foreign textiles. The center of the bedcover was embroidered in 1795 while printed cotton fabrics were pieced together at a later date. This bedcover represents decades of careful saving of fashionable imported printed cotton dress and furnishing fabrics.

Status

Currently Off View

Department

Textiles

Artist

Mary Jones

Title

Bedcover

Place

United States (Object made in)

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Made 1795

Medium

Center: cotton, plain weave; embroidered with silk, cotton, and wool in buttonhole, chain, cross, single cross, feather, Roumanian, satin, single satin, stem, and twined double running stitches; Squares: cotton, cotton and linen, and linen, plain weaves; block, copperplate, and roller printed

Dimensions

238.5 × 252.2 cm (93 7/8 × 99 1/4 in.)

Credit Line

Gift of the Antiquarian Society

Reference Number

1994.293

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