Pieced and quilted coverlet

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late 18th century · Cotton · European Sculpture and Decorative Arts

Pieced quilts are thought of as an American specialty, but their forerunners survive in small numbers in England, where the technique was also used for matching bed curtains. This strangely balanced arrangement of small pieces provides a cross section of French and English printed cottons of the eighteenth century, many of them not known elsewhere.

Artist

Unknown

Date

late 18th century

Medium

Cotton

Culture

British

Department

European Sculpture and Decorative Arts

Credit line

Spring Mills Fund and Rogers Fund, 1975