Bedcover
date: label: Date
content: 1775–1800
notes: label: Catalogue Status
content: Research in Progress
label: Description
content: Cover made of several lengths and smaller pieces of fabric. Fabric arranged so that the part of the cover that falls over the sides is at right angles to the fabric in the center. Seams are trimmed with woven tape. Design is of animals hunting animals; a pack of dogs attacking a cornered wolf, a pack of dogs attacking a stag, a whippet killing quail, a fox attacking a rooster while hen and chicks flee, a dog attacking a nesting goose, a fox with a foot caught in a snare and a hunting dog next to a gun standing guard over a dead rabbit and birds.
place: label: made in
content: France or England
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content: Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum Collection
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content: Textiles Department
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Bequest of Elinor Merrell
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum
identifier: label: Accession Number
content: 1995-50-45
objectType: label: Type
content: printed, dyed & painted textiles
label: Type
content: Bedcover
objectRights: label: Restrictions & Rights
content: CC0
physicalDescription: label: Medium
content: Medium: cotton Technique: printed by engraved copper plate on plain weave
label: Dimensions
content: Warp x Weft: 203.5 x 229.5 cm (6 ft. 8 1/8 in. x 7 ft. 6 3/8 in.)
label: Dimensions
content: Repeat H (pattern): 101 cm (39 3/4 in.)