Bed Cover
1800-1899 (made)
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Quilted yellow silk, with a pattern of a curved stem bearing long leaves and large round flowers on a ground of diagonal stripes. At the bottom is a leafy border. Lining is woollen.
Object details
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| Materials and techniques | Quilted silk with woollen lining |
| Brief description | Quilted yellow silk, fragment; USA; 1800s. |
| Physical description | Quilted yellow silk, with a pattern of a curved stem bearing long leaves and large round flowers on a ground of diagonal stripes. At the bottom is a leafy border. Lining is woollen. |
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| Credit line | Given by Mrs Lewis F. Day |
| Object history | Registered File number 8419/1929. Historical significance: "Belonged to descendant of Mary Chilton," supposedly the first Englishwoman to step ashore at Plymouth, Massachusetts. |
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| Accession number | T.212-1929 |
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| Record created | June 24, 2009 |
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