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Bedcover (Roses Quilt)

Quilted cloth with an appliqued rose motif and leaf rosettes arranged in straight lines, with a border of appliqued festoons.
CC0 Public Domain Designation

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  • Quilted cloth with an appliqued rose motif and leaf rosettes arranged in straight lines, with a border of appliqued festoons.

Date:

c. 1830/35

Artist:

Letticia Keziah Vernon (American, 1795–1852)
United States, probably Tennessee, Missouri or Virginia

About this artwork

Status

Currently Off View

Department

Textiles

Artist

Letticia Keziah Vernon

Title

Bedcover (Roses Quilt)

Place

United States (Object made in)

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Made 1820–1845

Credit Line

Gift of Mrs. Lela M. Riley in memory of her mother, Mrs. Elizabeth Thomas Freeland

Reference Number

1956.138

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