Martha Washington's Choice Bedspread - Full - Antique - with String Fringe

The MARTHA WASHINGTON'S CHOICE BEDSPREAD is a classic bedspread--not a heavy coverlet or quilt, but a lightweight, decorative covering for a bed made up with sheets. I think that it's a very lovely Colonial-style example. The right side (shown in the photo) is mostly smooth, with thick, knotted tufts creating the garlands and flower-basket patterns. The wrong side is the exact opposite--mostly tufted, with smooth areas where the tufts create the patterns on the other side.Before washing, the queen-size bedspread is a little larger than my queen bed, and the fringe reaches the floor all around. From past experience with a similar spread, I expect the spread to shrink a little when washed, but not enough to cause the patterns on the top and sides to be misaligned, or to cause the fringe to fall far short of the floor.Because it's 100% cotton, the bedspread is machine washable (warm wash, tumble dry low). The queen-size spread fits in my large-capacity, top-loading washer; and I'm expecting it to shed fiber during drying. My similar 100% cotton spread (the one being replaced by this one) shed fiber with every single washing. However, it lasted for many, many years before it became thin enough to need replacing.During the summer, this bedspread over sheets will provide enough warmth for sleeping. During the winter, it only needs to be supplemented with a warm blanket or an electric blanket.

I love, love, love this type of bedspread. It is in my guest bedroom. The bright white really brightens up the room and picks up on the white trim and the white lampshades in the room. The pattern on the bedspread is very pretty. It coordinates well with my older furniture. A long time ago, I purchased one of these in an off-white color. At that time, the annoying thing was that the spread was so long it was spilling out onto the floor. I think this was the time people wanted their draperies to do that. Now I am used to it and don't mind it. This one has the opposite situation. It is above the floor a bit. Since this is the guest room, I have sheets and a simple blanket under the bedspread. It looks just fine. If guests come in the cold season, I have a thicker down comforter with a duvet cover (best that Pottery Barn had to offer) in the closet. It is nowhere near as pretty as this bedspread! Be careful not to snag the loops with anything. If that happens, just pull the cord to the back side of the bedspread and it will not be noticeable on the front.

In summer, we'd been using a depressing old white cotton damask bedspread. It had been shredding for years. We scoured the usual department stores and learned that the classic old bedspread has nearly disappeared, and has been succeeded by comforters, lumpy duvets, and--the latest--"coverlets." We needed something light, preferably white and decoratively compatible with our four-poster bed. On line we came upon bedding woven in Maine, at Bates Mill, and something called "Martha Washington's Choice Bedspread-Queen-white-with string fringe." On line, we couldn't caress the thing. But the pattern had a respectable colonial look, and during tours of Mt. Vernon, we'd noticed that the lady of the house had had a stylish eye. So we ordered one. Alas, days later Amazon advised us that they had run out of these bedspreads. They wouldn't disclose when they would get another, and assured us a refund if we reneged. Happily, a couple of weeks later, they get another. We are totally pleased with this bedspread--its suitable coverage of our queen bed, its light summer weight, the strong texture of the patterns, floral I think.

This spread must be washed in cold water only and laid out on chairs to dry.It was thick enough and pretty but it is not long enough to reach close to the flooron each side of a normal queen bed.I wish they made a true pre shrunk bedspread with the workman ship the sameIt was just too short on the sides..if you want the spread to be 5 or 6 inches off the floor on each side..then this one will work for you..

Love it Thrilled ! Bought a cheaper one last week returned it same day I was worried about it being short after paying all that money.Well the cheap import lasted on the bed about a minute (You usually get what you pay for ) We have a queen and it sits up HIGH on an old antique frame so we ordered the King.We were SO happy, God it looks great and feels just like our parents old spreads did, the weight fabric design everything. So comfy to it was a cool night we didn't need a blanket.We paid about 4-5 times more then the first one with the shams ( get them they are worth it ) but thats our little haven away from the world where we spend about 1/3 of our life's and even more on the weekends if possible. So why not get what you want ? Well Worth the extra money Just get a King if your worried about length . We haven't washed because it we just got it But Im confident in the quality that we will not have a problem with it Its probably something you could pass down .to your kids

This is a lovely bedspread. The weight is heavier than what I'm accustomed to in the southeast but the design, the size and the way it drapes more than make up for it . Don't know if it'll shrink once it's washed. But shrinking just a little wouldn't be bad. We have a king bed with a high tempurpedic mattress and the size is plenty large.I'm used to sleeping with just a top sheet and light cotton bedspread in summer. With this new spread I 've found it's more comfortable to put a light blanket between the sheet and spread and fold the spread to the bottom of the bed at night. That way I avoid not only the spread's weight but also the feel of the spread's raised design texture through the sheet. As the temperatures cool down, I'm sure the weight over the light blanket will keep us cozy. I love the spread's elegance and the white color is beautiful against our dark wood headboard. It's no problem either to tuck in the spread between the mattress and the footboard. So far we're very satisfied.