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Machine tufted (chenille) multicolor peacock bedspread; ca. 1955

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Made by: unknown (Dalton, Georgia)
Date: ca. 1955
Place: Dalton, Georgia
Held by: National Museum of American History, Smithsonian Institution
Number: 2016.0367.01
Materials: chenille
Size: 96 in x 73 in (243.84 x 185.42 cm)
Themes: Machine tufting & Dalton

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unknown (Dalton, Georgia). Machine tufted (chenille) multicolor peacock bedspread; ca. 1955, ca. 1955. National Museum of American History, Smithsonian Institution, 2016.0367.01. collections.si.edu/search/detail/edanmdm:nmah_1822500.

Research notes

NMAH record: "Machine-tufted twin-sized bedspread with multicolor peacock design, ca. 1955. Made in Georgia. Purchased by Charles Edwin Bryan in 'Peacock Alley,' near Dalton, Georgia, as a gift for his mother, Ethel Sprowel Bryan, who lived in Jeffersontown, Kentucky." Cotton ground and tufting yarn; plain weave; machine tufted; overtufted. Why it matters: Dalton bedspreads: a dated, provenanced machine-tufted roadside ("Peacock Alley") spread, c. 1955. Also at NMAH: tufted bath mat and toilet-seat cover with peacock and flower design, Dalton, 1948-1959 (2017.0232.41, .42), and two mid-20th-century tufted/chenille spreads (2001.0248.83, .85). Found: Smithsonian Collections Search, search "chenille bedspread", 2026-10-28.