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DepartmentTextiles-Europe

Coverlet

NameBedding
Artist Artist unrecorded
Dateearly 19th century
Place madeLago Maggiore, Ticino, Switzerland, Europe
MediumLinen
Dimensions95 11/16 × 68 1/2 in. (243 × 174 cm)
Credit LineMuseum of International Folk Art, trade with the Museum fur Volkerkunde, Basel Switzerland, A.1963.12.1
Object numberA.1963.12.1
DescriptionThree widths of linen sewn together. Allover design of resist-dyed method, white and blue (indigo). Center field has geometric checker and double pointed-ended bars with squares of tiny dots allover.
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