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Small quilted and embroidered bedspread
French
18th century
Object Place: France
Medium/Technique
Quilted and embroidered cotton
Dimensions
165 x 191 cm (64 15/16 x 75 3/16 in.)
Credit Line
Special Textile Fund
Accession Number50.2477
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsEurope, Fashion and Textiles
ClassificationsTextiles
DescriptionWhite cotton ground with powdered design of small-scale floral sprays embroidered with blue, red, green and yellow silk in chain stitch; border on all four sides of blue and yellow figured satin, now much worn; backed with linen cloth and stuffed with incompletely spun cotton yarn; quilted in lozenge motive with white linen running stitch; somewhat soiled and stained; initial A in blue cross stitch in lower left corner on lining.