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Bedspread: Robinson Crusoe
Quilt
American (French textile)
about 1810–20
Object Place: Nantes, France
Medium/Technique
Cotton print; quilted
Dimensions
297 x 300 cm (116 15/16 x 118 1/8 in.)
Credit Line
Gift of Miss Jessie A. McDonald
Accession Number58.1174
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsEurope, Fashion and Textiles
ClassificationsTextiles
DescriptionQuilted chintz bedspread "Robinson Crusoe". Natural cotton tabby-woven ground, printed with copper plate in mauve. Shows four scenes: Crusoe on raft, Crusoe at table, Crusoe watching one negro carrying another, Crusoe looking at footprints on ground. Bedspread shaped with pillow cover, scalloped side valances and foot valance. Plain cottom sewn to top. A few brown stains. Two holes. Chintz signed: "F. Pieters".