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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
Greenheld, Jessie (Stitcher)
Description
Patchwork quilted bedcover. Large, fairly random, squares and oblongs of a variety of materials, including wool, rayon, cotton, and velveteen, all furnishing and dress fabrics, in various colours, although blues, blacks, greys and browns predominate. All machine-stitched, and roughly machine-quilted.
Production date start
1940
1925
Production date end
1955
1940
Period
Between the Wars
World War Two
Post-World War Two
1950s

More info

Identification

Object number
YORCM : BA3697
Number of objects
1
ID
10003907

Physical Characteristics

Materials
Cotton (Part)
Rayon (Part)
Wool (Part)
Dimensions
Whole height 144.0 cm
Whole width 100.0 cm

Production

Creators
Greenheld, Jessie (Stitcher)
Location
Lockton
Technique
Pieced
Machine quilted
Patchwork