cover image: Bedcover

20.500.12592/f6s19x

Bedcover

Research in Progress Bedcover embroidered in multicolored silk with a flowering tree in a field and floral vine border with birds. On a tobacco-brown ground.
Collection
Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum Collection Textiles Department
Date published
late 18th century
Dates
late 18th century
Format
Medium: silk Technique: embroidered in chain stitch
Pages
H x W: 264.2 × 191.1 cm (8 ft. 8 in. × 6 ft. 3 1/4 in.)
Place Discussed
India
Provider
Smithsonian Institution
Published in
India
Reference
1977-70-1
Rights
Gift of Frances George
Source
Digital Public Library of America https://dp.la/item/926c536172b43b0dec84b7df3508ad04