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Maker(s):Unknown
Culture:Mexican
Title:Bed Cover (Sobrecama)
Date Made:early 20th century
Type:Bedding
Materials:embroidered wool
Place Made:North American; Mexico; Toluca
Measurements:whole: 80 x 70 in.; 203.2 x 177.8 cm
Accession Number:  AC 1955.703
Credit Line:Gift of the children of Dwight W. Morrow (Class of 1895) and Elizabeth C. Morrow
Museum Collection:  Mead Art Museum at Amherst College
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Description:
Chain-stitched, embroidered decorative designs : border of quail and lyre-like designs closed by narrow undulating ribbons; sloral spays matching in opposite corners; in cneter, diamond-shaped floral pattern. In the field on each side a large bird including eagle, crow, peacock, and unknown undentified species. Illust. in Casa Manana; exhib. AFA, Mexican Arts, 1930-31, no. 106.

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