Sold for:
$296
$296
Four-color Woven Wool and Cotton Biederwand Coverlet, Seifert & Co. , Mechanicsburg, Pennsylvania, mid-19th century, red, green, blue, and white single-piece coverlet with central field of oval floral medallions and borders with potted plants and flowering vines, the four corner blocks with potted tulips flanked by trees over the inscriptions "WOVEN SUPERIOR TIGHT WORK MANUFACTURED ON THE LATEST FASHION BY SEIFERT & CO. MECHANICS=BURG CUMBERLAND COUNTY PENNSYLVANIA," fringed on two sides, (scattered wear and losses to wool yarns and fringe, minor toning and stains), 110 x 76 in. excluding fringe.
Auctioneer:
Skinner
Date:
2012-08-12
