Candlewicked coverlet

Item Information

Title:
Candlewicked coverlet
Description:
T-shaped, white; top divided into diamonds by tufted lines with maple leaves. Three ring sprigs inside. Sides of scrolling grape vines. Fringed sides and bottom; bottom edges rounded.
Date:
1845–1865
Format:
Objects/Artifacts
Genre:
candlewicking (embroidering)
cotton (textile)
fringe
stitching (generic process)
piecing (needleworking)
whitework
coverlets
candlewick spreads
Location:
Historic New England
Collection (local):
Digitized Museum Collections
Subjects:
floral patterns
leaf (plant material)
maple (wood)
Cotton
Candlewicked
Whitework
Hand Stitched
Pieced
Floral
Fringe
Mapleleaf
Places:
Maine > York (county) > South Berwick
Sarah Orne Jewett House (South Berwick, Me.)
Extent:
Irregular: 106 in. x 111 in. (H x W)
Link to Item:
https://gusn.us/66690
Terms of Use:
Rights status not evaluated.
Contact host institution for more information.
Accession #:
1966.1969
Identifier:
66690