"Bedspread" Quotes from Famous Books
 ... that's something. So the General said, very briefly: "In the name of the Republic of France, I confer upon you the Medaille Militaire." Then he bent over and kissed the man on his forehead, pinned the medal to the bedspread, and departed. ...
— The Backwash of War - The Human Wreckage of the Battlefield as Witnessed by an - American Hospital Nurse • Ellen N. La Motte
... days. An exquisitely woven coverlet as fine as linen sheeting, a corner of which is here shown, has an elaborate border of patriotic and Masonic emblems, patriotic inscriptions, and the name of the maker, a Red Hook, Hudson valley, dame of a century ago, who wove this beautiful bedspread as the crowning treasure of her bridal outfit. The "setting-up" of such a design as this is entirely beyond my skill as a weaver to explain or even comprehend. But it is evident that the border must have been woven by taking up a single warp-thread at a time, with a wire needle, not ...
— Home Life in Colonial Days • Alice Morse Earle |
