Quilted bed cover
Mary Drew Fifield
(American, 1672–1713)
Mary Fifield Adams
(American, 1694–1748)
Bethiah Avery Grosvenor
(1781–1833)
1713 (original bed hangings)
Object PlaceMassachusetts, United States
Medium/TechniqueLinen and cotton twill (fustian) with wool embroidery; pieced and quilted; linen plain weave backing and silk twill tape
Dimensions204 x 147 cm (80 5/16 x 57 7/8 in.)
Credit LineGIft of Mrs. Joseph Avery Manning
Accession number31.694
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ProvenanceMade from set of bed hangings embroidered before 1713 by Mary (Drew) Fifield (1672-1713) and her step-daughter Mary Fifield (1694-1748), who married Boston brewer Samuel Adams (b. 1689) in 1713; Bed hangings inherited by daughter Mary Adams (b. 1717), who married Boston tailor James Allen in 1742; Bed hangings inherited by daughter Mary Adams (1754-1842), who married the Rev. Joseph Avery of Holden, Massachusetts; Valance and large curtain inherited and made into bedcover by daughter Bethiah Avery (1781-1833) probably sometime before her marriage to Jonathan Grosvenor in 1804; Bed cover inherited by oldest daughter Lucy Bethiah (Grosvenor) Manning; Inherited by son David Manning; Inherited by son Alexander Bigelow Manning; Gift to uncle Joseph Avery Manning of Brookline; Gift to MFA from Mrs. Joseph Avery Manning in 1931
around 1725
first quarter of the 18th century
about 1890
ca. 1789-1825
about 1870
first quarter of the 18th century