An almost square form, with the linen top a deep indigo dyed resist pattern of an intricate flowering vine. The reverse is in beige cotton, printed with red diamond-diaper patterned stripes alternating with red and white wine patterned stripes. The field is quilted with overall diamond pattern within a border of three lines.
coverlets
cotton (textile)
linen (material)
printing (process)
quilting
resist dyeing
wool (textile)
Bedcover
Coverlet
Coverlet
Original to Cogswell's Grant (Essex, Mass.),
Unknown
67 1/4 x 59 1/2 (HxW) (inches)
Gift of Bertram K. and Nina Fletcher Little
1992.382
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