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Maker(s):Unknown
Culture:Mexican
Title:Bed Cover (Sobrecama)
Date Made:19th century
Type:Bedding
Materials:embroidered wool
Place Made:North America; Mexico: Toluca(?)
Measurements:whole: 84 x 63 in.; 213.36 x 160.02 cm
Accession Number:  AC 1955.705
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

Description:
Chain and cross-stitched embroidery designs: border of geometricized floral design on two sides and floral and quail motif on other. Floral spikes, different in each corner and in center of sides. In center, star-shaped motif with floral extensions. In the field birds, a deer, a horse, fragments of border designs, giving the effect of a sampler. Strong colors include red, rose, yellow, greem, blue, and black.

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