Quilted patchwork bedcover. Made in about 1820 from a range of printed (and some glazed) dress cottons arranged haphazardly in triangles. A printed central octagonal panel contains a portrait of Queen Caroline, consort of King George IV, with the inscription ‘Her Most Gracious Majesty, Caroline Queen of England’. The quilting pattern consists of a central roundel containing a star within a circle and four petalled flowers. Two narrow inner borders feature spirals and triangles. The outer border contains spirals within triangles. The quilting bears no relationship to the patchwork. Plain white cotton tabby backing made up of various pieces. Carded wool filling.
