Embroidered Wool Coverlet

Description:

Embroidered Wool Coverlet, Sweden or New England, late 18th century, the black wool twill ground woven in three sections and stitched with colored wool yarns in fanciful floral designs, bordered with undulating flowering and fruiting vines and geometric patterns, in a variety of stitches including chain stitch, cross-stitch, outline, blanket, and long and short stitch, (minor stitch losses, six small patch reinforcements to back),88 x 78 in.

Literature: For similar coverlets, see America's Quilts and Coverlets, by Carleton L. Safford and Robert Bishop, E.P. Dutton & Co., New York, 1972, pp. 64-65.
Estimate $6,000-8,000

The reverse of the head of the coverlet is handstitched with a border of velcro. for hanging

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