Brocade Coverlet

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Maker:
Mrs Dorothy Ryder
Date:
1880 - 1890

Velvet and silk brocade coverlet made from square and rectangle patchwork pieces surriounded by a border of crazy patchwork with embroidered seams and edged with a woven braid fringe. Made by Dorothy Ryder, from Grantham, Lincolnshire, in the late 19th century.

Brocade Coverlet