Bedcover
date: label: Date
content: 1750–1800
notes: label: Catalogue Status
content: Research in Progress
label: Description
content: Bedspread made in 19th century from old fabric and two fragments of same material. White ribbed silk with vertical taffeta stripes. Brocaded design, in polychrome silks and rose and red chenille, of serpentine rose vines (over taffeta areas) and scattered floral sprays.
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content: Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum Collection
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content: Textiles Department
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Gift of Eleanor and Sarah Hewitt, from the textile collection of Mrs. Abram Stevens Hewitt
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum
identifier: label: Accession Number
content: 1931-4-19-a,b, d
objectType: label: Type
content: woven textiles
label: Type
content: Bedcover
objectRights: label: Restrictions & Rights
content: CC0
physicalDescription: label: Medium
content: Medium: silk Technique: plain compound cloth, brocaded
label: Dimensions
content: H x W (a): 133 x 246.1 cm (52 3/8 in. x 8 ft. 7/8 in.)
label: Dimensions
content: H x W (b): 118.5 x 57.2 cm (46 5/8 x 22 1/2 in.)
label: Dimensions
content: H x W (c): 53 x 57.2 cm (20 7/8 x 22 1/2 in.)