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Collections > Textiles > Coverlet, Framed Centre Medallion

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Coverlet, Framed Centre Medallion

Made by Sarah Firth, a Quaker, of Huddersfield, Yorkshire
Quilt, 1783
Pieced, block-printed cottons and cotton broderie perse appliqué on linen
Unquilted

Artist / Maker: Sarah Firth

Place: Huddersfield

Object Type: bedcover

Period: George III

Broad Date: Late Georgian

Actual Date: 1783

Century: 18th century

Material: Linen

Museum Accession Number: 1988.14.1/QLT