counterpane

Example Sentences

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According to his sister-in-law Alice, “sometimes his hand moves over the counterpane as if writing.”

From The New Yorker

But the scope of her undertaking grew to encompass a national search for woven coverlets, counterpanes, rag rugs and crocheted artifacts, all produced by enslaved women and men.

From Washington Post

She could see the pattern of the cross-stitch flowers from the blue cross-stitch counterpane on Ammu’s cheek.

From Literature

Through the thin counterpane she could see what was left of his belly huddled before him on the bed like some helpless thing seeking shelter.

From Literature

He remembered the room where they lived, a dark, close-smelling room that seemed half filled by a bed with a white counterpane.

From Literature