Eagle Candlewick Spread
Object · not yet checked at the source
- Date
- 1810–1820
- Held by
- American Folk Art Museum
- Number
- 1995.13.2
- Materials
- cotton
- Themes
- Early tufting: bed rugs & needlework pile, Chenille & candlewick
Cite this source
Unknown maker. Eagle Candlewick Spread, 1810–1820. American Folk Art Museum, 1995.13.2. collection.folkartmuseum.org/objects/2249/eagle-candlewick-spread.
Research notes
The museum notes that candlewicking combined flat stitches with dimensional ones, tufting among them, and that candlewick spreads recall the earlier yarn-sewn bed rugs.