Description:
Cotton whitework coverlet sewn or embroidered in thick, 3-ply cotton threads in a style known as "candlewicking" because of the thick embroidery thread's resemblance to a candle's wick. The embroidered design consists of a large center center spray of stylized fruit and leaves on scrolling vines encircled by interlinked loop-like designs around trelliswork-filled ovals across joined three panels of fabric and square corners. A note accompanying the coverlet reads, "Knotted Bedspread- / "Pineapple" design- / Made by Mrs. David Henry [Emma] / of Deerfield, about 1900 / for C. Alice Baker." The daughter of Elbert Amidon (1812-1893) of Rowe and Emerline L. Wilson (d.1844) who moved to Deerfield, Emerine L. Henry (b.1843) married David Henry (1839-after 1910) in Deerfield 1864, and later became an officer of The Deerfield Society of Arts and Crafts, later renamed The Society of Deerfield Industries. This coverlet has motifs adapted from a late 18th or early 19th century embroidered coverlet made by Kate Catlin, in the collection of Historic Deerfield (acc. #93.837). White bed coverings, such as this example with white embroidery or surface design, are referred to as "whitework," and frequently appear on examples dating to the early 19th century.
Subjects:
Textile fabrics; Cotton; Embroidery Link to share this object record:
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