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Bed Cover
Bed Rugg
Bed Cover
Spanish
before 1683
Medium/Technique
Cotton (Z single); plain weave with supplementary weft pile (10 low spun singles used to make pile yarn)
Dimensions
284.5 x 212.6 cm (112 x 83 11/16 in.)
Credit Line
Gift of Robert C. Winthrop
Accession Number01.12
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsEurope, Fashion and Textiles
ClassificationsTextiles
DescriptionThe ground and the design are both of white cotton. The design is woven with a pile like velvet. Around the sides is a deep border. The main field is covered with undulating vines and conventional, symmetrical forms. In the middle is a lozenge bearing a crowned animal, two birds and a flower. Made in three breadths and sewed together. Lined with heavy white cotton. Much discolored with age.