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Bed cover
American (English textile)
late 18th to early 19th century
Place of Manufacture: England (textile); Place of Use: Lexington, Massachusetts, United States
Medium/Technique
Plate-printed cotton plain weave
Dimensions
Overall: 276.4 x 255.8 cm (108 13/16 x 100 11/16 in.)
Credit Line
Gift of Dr. Merrell L. Stout
Accession Number45.595
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsAmericas, Fashion and Textiles
DescriptionFour panels of red printed fabric sewn together; red floral trails pattern with large exotic flowers and cross-hatched stems, thicker vine with beaded center and flower baskets; blue threads in selvages. Ivory ground, copper plate printed in dark, neutral red, design of interlacing serpentines, 1 of small, 3-pointed leaves, the other a slender stem bearing large flowers and fruit of several kinds; flower-filled basket over leaf serpentine alternately left and right. Glazed. A small number of small stains.
ProvenanceUsed by the Robbins family of Lexington, MA; Inherited by Dr. Merrell L. Stout from Ellen A. Stone; Gift to the MFA, June, 1945