Coverlet

Object/Artifact

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Historic Hudson Valley

Name/Title

Coverlet

Entry/Object ID

VC.59.568

Description

Coverlet, quilted: Bright red say, quilted in large lozenges, filled with circles containing composite-petalled flowers.

Made/Created

Artist Information

Artist

Unknown

Attribution

Maker

Notes

Dates: 1700 - 1799 Date made: r. 1700 - 1799

Material

Wool

Condition

Notes

Remarks: Details of condition: Cleaned and restored, 1959.

General Notes

Note Type

General Note

Note

Misc.: The Oxford Universal Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1955 - P. 1796 - Say defined as: "cloth of fine texture resembling serge; formerly partly of silk, subsequently entirely of wool."