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Stenciled bedcovers are reputed to be rare, but a new search through several museum collections and quilt publications has uncovered fifty-nine examples, twenty-six of which are quilted. (1) The earliest dated stenciled coverlet found in this search is from 1823, the latest, 1867, with other dated examples from 1826, 1834, 1837, 1842, and 1846 (see Pls. I, III, X). (2) This style of bedcover is generallay attributed to New England, but it was very popular in New York State as well. Of the thirty-five stenciled bedcovers for which a state of origin is known or attributed, eleven were made in New York, ten in Connecticut, three in Massachusetts, three in Vermont, three in ...
Source: HighBeam Research, Stenciled bedcovers.