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Metadata
Object Name |
Bedspread |
Catalog Number |
2000.21.1 |
Maker |
Ford, Martha Emily Jane Woodruff |
Date |
1835 |
Material(s) |
Cotton |
Dimensions |
H-102.25 W-77.5 inches |
Description |
This is a white-on-white coverlet made of homespun cotton. The white cotton embroidered design is a central flower basket with arching vines and flowers springing from it. The name "Martha Woodruff" and the date "April 15, 1817" are done in candlewicking beneath the basket. (This is the maker's birthday not the date of the piece.)The border design has three- and four- frond ferns connected by a scalloped swag. Inside the swag are several flowers. At each of the four corners there are two-frond ferns. The top edge of the coverlet has the edges cut out to accommodate the posts of the bed. The bottom edge has a square corner on the proper right and an angled corner on the proper left side. The coverlet is made of three panels of cotton. |
Notes |
Attributed to Martha Emily Jane Woodruff Ford, ca. 1835. She signed and dated it with her birth date, April 15, 1817. In 1837 she married Thomas Whitledge Ford whose father, Col. James Ford, represented Shelby County in the KY legislature for 35 years. |
Collection |
George Ann Carpenter Collection |
People |
Ford, Martha Emily Jane Woodruff |
Subjects |
Bedspreads Handicraft Sewing Textiles Embroidery |
Search Terms |
Handicraft Women Women's work |
Physical Holder |
Kentucky Historical Society - KHS |