Quilt, Marsailles type
This loom-woven bed cover has warps of both red and white cotton and a weft of white cotton. It was woven to imitate hand quilting. The central design is an eagle with outspread wings standing above the words E PLURIBLIS UNUM. Thirteen stars are visible above the eagle's head. The remaining ground is covered with floral and foliage borders.
Artwork Details
- Title: Quilt, Marsailles type
- Date: ca. 1876
- Geography: Possibly made in England; Possibly made in United States
- Culture: American or British
- Medium: Cotton, woven
- Dimensions: 104 1/4 x 97 in. (264.8 x 246.4 cm)
- Credit Line: Gift of Miss Virginia D. Lyman, 1942
- Object Number: 42.46
- Curatorial Department: The American Wing
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