Candlewick Bedspread
c. 1820-1830
19th Century
100 in. x 86 in.
Unidentified,
Object Type:
Household Object
Medium and Support:
cotton
Credit Line:
Florence Griswold Museum
Accession Number:
X1972.142
A bedspread made of white cotton with a design stitched in candlewick. The design includes flowers and leaves with an urn in the center of the spread. The use of the candlewick stitch to embrioder bedspreads was popular in the late 18th and early 19th centuries.