Applique Frame Coverlet

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Maker:
Mary Ann Kimberley
Date:
1820 - 1850

Frame layout coverlet with an appliqued floral bouquet in the centre cut out from chintz fabrics, wide cream borders with trailing applique flowers and leaves and saw tooth edges. The coverlet contains block and roller printed dress and furnishing fabrics.

It was made by Mary Anne Kimberley, born in 1793 in Pinchbeck. She married William Squier in 1822 and they had six children together. Mary Anne died in 1866.

Applique Frame Coverlet