Crochet Bedcover
notes: label: Description
content: A white cotton bedcover with an American eagle, shield and flag motif and the dates 1776-1876 in the center. The overall design also included birds, grapes, floral wreaths, and the initials "A.R." and a border of flowers, tassels, and scallops. It is 59” x 56” with fringe, made by Anna Daniels Rundquist (Mrs. Alfred E.) in 1876 to mark the birth of her first child and the nation’s Centennial. She was born in Sweden March 1856 and immigrated to the United States in 1873 and in 1874 married Alfred Rundquist in Elgin, IL. They had three children – Alfred W, Olga, and Vanja. Alfred was an employee of the Elgin National Watch Company. She died sometime between 1920 and 1930.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: made at
content: United States
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content: Home and Community Life: Textiles
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content: Lace
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content: Victorian Needlework
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content: Textiles
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: GIft of Vanja E. Rundquist
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: TE.T15322
label: catalog number
content: T15322.000
label: accession number
content: 293456
objectType: label: Object Name
content: crochet
physicalDescription: label: Measurements
content: overall: 56 in x 59 in; 142.24 cm x 149.86 cm