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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
- Unknown (Stitcher)
- Description
- Printed red cotton, white cotton, and Turkey red cotton. Applique eight-point stars and diamond-set blocks are arranged in a simple pattern on the large central panel, which is pieced from Turkey red cotton twill and white cotton.The outer borders are made of navy-blue and brown floral printed cotton, separated and defined by a narrow strip of Turkey red. Backed with plain white cotton, with a thin wadding. Neat quilting, with white thread in an all-over Greek key design.
- Production date start
- 1875
- Production date end
- 1900
- Period
- Victorian
Identification
- Object number
- YORCM : BA1199
- Number of objects
- 1
- Classification code
- 2.43
- 2.83
- Classification scheme
- SHIC
- SHIC
- ID
- 10000172
Physical Characteristics
- Materials
- Cotton (Whole)
- Dimensions
- Whole height 243.0 cm
- Whole width 211.0 cm
Production
- Creators
- Unknown (Stitcher)
- Location
- Unknown
- Technique
- Pieced
- Patchwork (star)
- Patchwork (chevron)
- Printed
- Pieced
- Applied
- Quilted
