crocheted bedspread

DateCirca 1940

Mediumcotton

Dimensions87 × 95 in. (221 × 241.3 cm)

Donor credit lineGiven in memory of Hilda E. (Bear) Lord, wife of the donor.

Object number1998.31

Institutional Credit LineCourtesy of the New Bedford Whaling Museum

DescriptionCrocheted bedspread. Bedspread in an off-white, cream color, crocheted in a series of hexagonal segments. Each hexagon is identical to the next in size, shape, and design, with a central, circular design surrounded by six groups of three abstracted decorative motifs remniscent of a leaf pattern. Each of these groups appears to "fan out" from each corner of the hexagon. A long (4 1/2") fringe borders three of the four sides of the bedspread.ProvenanceRose (Kern) Powell (1876-1964) was born in Augsburg, Germ. and lived on 256 Eugenia St., New Bedford

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