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Coverlet

1800–1850

Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum

Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum
New York, United States

Blue and white coverlet with a central field of close-set horizontal and vertical repeats of flat, stylized groups of large-scale roses and leaves with rosettes in the interspaces. Bottom border with double-headed eagles alternating with Independence Hall; scattered stars of three-lobed leaves. Inscription at left end: "American Independence Declared July 4, 1776." Borders on both sides with spread eagle alternating with monkeys and double column.

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Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum

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