Basic info

Collection

Costume and Textiles

Object name

Bedspread

Object category

Domestic textiles

Textile crafts

Object subcategory

Bed covers and hangings

Patchwork and quilting

Description

Large patchwork, applique and embroidered bedcover, made from printed cotton chintz panels and broderie perse cotton panels. Four central octagonal panels commemorate the wedding of Princess Charlotte and Prince Leopold of Saxe-Coburg in 1816. There is no backing.

Production date start

1816