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Bedcover
late 19th century
Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum
New York, United States
Unlined bedcover made of two full widths and part of another of printed fabric with fringe on four sides. Pattern composed of two stripes. The wider a flowering tree on a blue background. 17.5cm. wide and the other 8.5 cm. wide with an urn of flowers on a white background. Two groups of stripes are half dropped with an additional section of each on left and right to fill width of fabric.
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Details
- Title: Bedcover
- Date Created: late 19th century
- Location Created: England
- Original Source: See this work of art on the Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum website
- Medium: Medium: cotton, wool Technique: printed by engraved roller on plain weave; Woven cotton tape with cotton weft-loop fringe (1.5cm. sections of red wool at 5cm. intervals) attached to 4 sides. Note crossed and recrossed warps.
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