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Collections

Bedcover and Pillow Shamscirca 1800

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Horizontal textile panel with a printed allover border surrounding a central embroidered scene of two figures among oversized exotic plants on a grassy mound
Embroidered textile panel on white ground, framed by block-printed cotton border with repeating small motifs and a pink floral vine inner border. Central scene depicts a reclining figure in patterned dress beside a spinning wheel, a flowering branch, and a small cow at left, all on a stippled ground.
Embroidered textile panel with a floral-patterned border enclosing a cream ground scene of three figures in late 18th-century dress among flowering trees; a man in a dark coat gestures toward a woman carrying a large hat, with a third figure in pink nearby.
Embroidered textile panel on white linen ground, depicting a standing figure in 18th-century coat and tricorn hat beside a large flowering tree with red and multicolored blossoms; a crouching figure and red-wheeled cart appear at right, with a bare branching tree.
Embroidered textile panel on cream fabric depicting a landscape with a tall tree in deep red and burgundy thread dominating the right foreground, green foliage at its base, and a small cottage with fence rendered in muted tones at left; frayed edges visible.

Unknown, Bedcover and Pillow Shams, circa 1800, Los Angeles County Museum of Art, Costume Council Fund and American Quilt Research Center Acquisition Fund, Photo © Museum Associates/LACMA

Title
Bedcover and Pillow Shams
Place Made
England or Ireland
Date Made
circa 1800
Medium
Linen plain weave with cotton plain weave, printed, and cotton and linen, printed, appliqué (broderie perse) and wool and silk embroidery with linen plain weave, printed, and cotton plain weave, printed borders
Dimensions
a) Bedcover: 74 3/4 × 66 in. (189.87 × 167.64 cm) b) Sham: 17 1/4 × 33 in. (43.82 × 83.82 cm) c) Sham: 17 1/4 × 33 1/2 in. (43.82 × 85.09 cm) d) Sham: 17 1/4 × 33 3/4 in. (43.82 × 85.73 cm) e) Sham: 18 3/4 × 34 5/8 in. (47.63 × 87.95 cm) f) Sham: 10 1/2 × 13 3/8 in. (26.67 × 33.97 cm)
Credit Line
Costume Council Fund and American Quilt Research Center Acquisition Fund
Accession Number
M.88.169a-f
Classification
Textiles
Collecting Area
Costume and Textiles