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Collection Item: Bedcover
Basic info
- Collection
- Costume and Textiles
- Object name
- Bedcover
- Object category
- Domestic textiles
- Textile crafts
- Object subcategory
- Bed covers and hangings
- Patchwork and quilting
- Creators
- Hutton-Wilson, Mrs (Stitcher)
- Description
- The bedcover is made entirely from the thin, soft dress silks which were fashionable in the 1830s and 1840s. Solid colours predominate. The central panel features a double eight-pointed star in cream brocaded satin on a black ground; the brocade is said to be from the wedding-dress of the maker's best friend. The panel is enclosed by a border of elaborate geometric blocks; with the exception of those at the corners, each block is different. A narrow band of overlapping scales is followed by a white chain inlaid on grey. Three further borders feature patchwork sunbursts and and lightning flashes, squares and triangles, and inlaid stars. The narrow outer border is pieced from tiny strips and triangles. An old unbleached linen sheet has been used to back the cover. There is no wadding or quilting.
- Production date start
- 1837
- Production date end
- 1844
- Period
- Victorian
Identification
- Object number
- YORCM : BA240
- Alternative number
- 68138
- Number of objects
- 1
- Classification code
- 2.43
- 2.83
- Classification scheme
- SHIC
- SHIC
- ID
- 10000010
Physical Characteristics
- Materials
- Silk (Whole)
- Linen (Lining)
- Dimensions
- Whole height 218.0 cm
- Whole width 218.0 cm
Production
- Creators
- Hutton-Wilson, Mrs (Stitcher)
- Location
- Yarm
- Technique
- Pieced
- Patchwork
