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Culture:American
Title:coverlet
Type:Bedding
Materials:textile: linen, cotton or silk
Place Made:United States; Massachusetts; Deerfield?
Measurements:overall: 94 1/2 in x 78 in; 240.03 cm x 198.12 cm
Accession Number:  HD 69.1196
Credit Line:Transfer from the Pocumtuck Valley Memorial Association, bequest of C. Alice Baker
Museum Collection:  Historic Deerfield

Description:
White linen bed coverlet with repeating large floral sprig design embroidered in shades of blue and white cotton? thread, which is possibly a "reject" from The Deerfield Society of Blue and White Needlework (1896-1926) (no wheel enclosing a "D"). The linen sheet may be old, but embroidery is newer.

Subjects:
Textile fabrics; Cotton; Linen; Silk

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