Bedcover
date: label: Date
content: 1720–40
notes: label: Catalogue Status
content: Research in Progress
label: Description
content: Bedcover of irregular shape with 'overhangs' on each side and at foot of bed. Overhangs made of what were originally three valances belonging to the complete set. Embroidered with flowering trees, birds, and, in the center, a medallion showing a landscape with a large flowering tree surrounded by deer.
place: label: made in
content: England
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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 Cora Ginsburg in memory of Jean Mailey
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum
identifier: label: Accession Number
content: 1993-128-1
objectType: label: Type
content: embroidery & stitching
label: Type
content: Bedcover
objectRights: label: Restrictions & Rights
content: CC0
physicalDescription: label: Medium
content: Medium: cotton foundation, embroidery in long staple wool (crewel), silk, linen, foil-wrapped silk Technique: embroidery on plain weave foundation using satin, stem, knot and running stitches in wool; stem stitch in silk; and backstitch in linen; accents of foil-wrapped silk
label: Dimensions
content: H x W: 218.4 × 205.1 cm (7 ft. 2 in. × 6 ft. 8 3/4 in.)