Bed cover, silk embroidered with silk

Date1750-1800

MediumSilk satin needleworked with silk

Dimensions85 1/4" X 100"; selvage width 29 1/4"

Credit LineMuseum Purchase

Object number1964-455

DescriptionRectangular bed cover of cream silk satin, embroidered with multicolor silk satin stitches to form a central flowering tree growing from a jagged mound. All four sides bordered by undulating flowering branches growing from the corners. Three selvage-width panels of 29 1/4", seamed vertically. Most of the needlework was embroidered before the panels were seamed, with a few areas embroidered over the seams. Selvages have yellow twill edges and yellow satin single stripe; irregular pattern of single holes in selvages.
ProvenanceGinsburg & Levy.