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Culture:French (probably)
Title:coverlet
Date Made:1830-1840; about 1860
Type:Bedding
Materials:textile: cotton
Place Made:France (probably)
Measurements:overall: 114 x 96 in.; 289.56 x 243.84 cm
Accession Number:  HD 2002.57
Credit Line:Gift in Memory of Virginia Shaw Rockwell (1922-1998); daughter of Florence Stebbins Shaw (1888-1966); grandaughter of Elizabeth MacMahon Stebbins (1858-1919)
Museum Collection:  Historic Deerfield

Description:
Machine-woven, white cotton matlisse or Marseilles-type coverlet with a 4" fringe on three sides which was added later and is machine-stitched onto the piece. The coverlet was probably originally made in France as an export item. Born Florence Copeland Stebbins (1888-1966), Florence Stebbins Shaw married Albert Elmer Shaw (1886-1952) in Deerfield in 1913 and then lived in Webster, Massachusetts. She was the daughter of Charles Henry Stebbins (b.1859) who married Mary Elizabeth MacMahon (1858-1919) of Providence, RI, in 1880; granddaughter of Evander Graves Stebbins (1821-1885) and Matilda Childs Stebbins (1824-1885) of Deerfield; and great granddaughter of Zebina Stebbins 1797-1879) and Ruby Graves Stebbins (1796-1877) of Deerfield.

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