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DEACESSIONED June 22, 2017

Bedspread

Canadian
About 1825
Object Place: Canada

Medium/Technique Cotton and Wool; woven, overshot weave
Dimensions 224.3 x 181.6 cm (88 5/16 x 71 1/2 in.)
Credit Line Gift of Mrs. Robert Paul Dart, in memory of her mother, Mrs. Andrew Heck Stephenson
Accession Number53.412
ClassificationsTextiles

DescriptionA bedspread; in overshot weave; white cotton warp and weft, blue wool additional weft; reversible design of large square areas based on four pointed star and carnation (?); made of two widths of material sewn together in center; short warp fringe on one end (much worn), white cotton fringe originally sewed on two long sides (now largely missing); top worn.