Double Wedding Ring Candlewick Spread189779 3/4 × 65"Cotton with clipped cotton roving embroideryGift of Robert Bishop1990.25.10Double wedding design worked in candlewicking, two concentric circles in center152535460Artist unidentifiedTextilesThe American Folk Art Museum believes this work to be in the public domain. embroidered: 'LH'United StatesTextilesThe popular pattern known as Double Wedding Ring is generally associated with bright cotton pieced quilts from the Depression era and later. This candlewick spread is dated 1897, indicating that the all-over composition of overlapping rings has a longer history in textiles. The sheared candlewick embroidery, a technique known as tufting, has fluffed up with exposure to moisture, anticipating the taste for chenille bedcovers that was to ensue during the 1930s to 1950s. Coincidentally, this was the heyday of the Double Wedding Ring pattern.
Stacy C. Hollander, "Double Wedding Ring Candlewick Quilt," exhibition label for White on White (and a little gray). Stacy C. Hollander, curator. New York: American Folk Art Museum, 2006.confirm inscription in embroidery, unable to to determine from image18971897 1990 25 1 The popular pattern known as Double Wedding Ring is generally associated with bright cotton pieced quilts from the Depression era and later. This candlewick spread is dated 1897, indicating that the all-over composition of overlapping rings has a longer history in textiles. The sheared candlewick embroidery, a technique known as tufting, has fluffed up with exposure to moisture, anticipating the taste for chenille bedcovers that was to ensue during the 1930s to 1950s. Coincidentally, this was the heyday of the Double Wedding Ring pattern.
Stacy C. Hollander, "Double Wedding Ring Candlewick Quilt," exhibition label for White on White (and a little gray). Stacy C. Hollander, curator. New York: American Folk Art Museum, 2006.confirm inscription in embroidery, unable to to determine from image