Bedcover
Unknown Maker
Bedspread made in 19th century from old fabric and two fragments of same material. White ribbed silk with vertical taffeta stripes. Brocaded design, in polychrome silks and rose and red chenille, of serpentine rose vines (over taffeta areas) and scattered floral sprays.
Credit: Gift of Eleanor and Sarah Hewitt, from the textile collection of Mrs. Abram Stevens Hewitt
1750-1800
Medium: silk Technique: plain compound cloth, brocaded
1931-4-19-a,b,d
Image and text © Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum, 2020
Where you'll find this
Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum
Permanent collection