Bedcover

England

regencyeuropeantextileneedlework (visual works)

Date

c. 1734/40

Medium

Linen, plain weave; embroidered through only one thickness in polychrome wool yarns in chain, buttonhole, link powdering, seed, wheel ear, flat and back stitches

Dimensions

180 × 139.9 cm (70 7/8 × 55 1/8 in.)

Museum

Art Institute of Chicago

Location

Chicago, IL

Credit

Gift of Mrs. J. Ogden Armour through the Needlework and Textile Guild

Also notable

Works in the same vein

E-13: English Rotunda and Library of the Regency Period, 1810-20

Pedestal Table

After a Design Published by Thomas Hope English, born Netherlands, 1769–1831 England

Border

Denmark, Tønder

Lovers and Jester

Derby Porcelain Manufactory England, 1750-1848