RevolutionCrossroads/si_us_revolutionary_era_collections huggingface dataset:
"Queen's Delight;" coverlet; overshot; c.1800-1825; New York
Collection: National Museum of American History
Object type: coverlet, overshot
date made: 1800-1825
19th century
early 19th century
maker: unknown
place woven: United States: New York
place made: United States: New York, Cortland
Physical Description: overshot (overall production method/technique)
cotton, wool (overall material)
Measurements: overall: 77 in x 70 in; 195.58 cm x 177.8 cm
Credit line: Gift of Mrs. Carrie E. King
Topics: Furnishings
Textiles
Description: The donor’s great-great-grandmother wove this blue and white, overshot coverlet featuring the pattern known as "Queen's Delight "or "Mary Simmons" c. 1800-1825 in Cortland County, New York. The donor’s grandmother was Mrs. Evalina Bean Hammund, but the name of her great-great-grandmother is unknown and there were no further details about through which line of her family it may have descended. The coverlet was constructed from two panels woven as one length, cut, and seamed up the middle. The ground cloth was woven from a white 2 ply, s-twist, z-spun cotton warp, a z-twist, s-spun cotton single ground weft, and a 2-ply, s-twist, z-spun wool supplementary pattern weft. The coverlet measures 77 inches by 70 inches.
Parker-Ellis Family, geometric double-cloth coverlet, c.1790-1820; Ohio
Collection: National Museum of American History
Object type: coverlet, geometric
date made: 1790-1820
place made: United States: Ohio, Butler
Physical Description: geometric (overall style)
double weave (overall production method/technique)
pine tree, snowballs (border pattern)
cotton, wool (center material)
blue, white (overall color)
Measurements: overall: 80 in x 71 1/2 in; 203.2 cm x 181.61 cm
Credit line: Gift of Ms. Iona J. Lang
Topics: Furnishings
Description: This geometric double-cloth coverlet features a "Four Snowball" centerfield pattern with "Pine Tree” borders on three sides. It passed through at least five generations of Parker-Ellis Family before being donated to the National Museum of American History’s collections. Woven between the years 1790-1820, the coverlet was given as a wedding gift or as part of the bridal trousseau for the wedding of Daniel Ellis and Eliza Parker on January 6, 1820 in Butler County, Ohio. In 1847, the coverlet was given to son, Theodore Ellis when he married is wife, Mary A. in Montgomery County, Indiana. Theodore, in turn, presented it to his daughter Amanda Ellis Talbott on the occasion of her wedding in 1879. Estella Maude Talbott Lang received the coverlet in 1907 when she married, and the donor, Iona Long received the coverlet at her mother’s death in 1956. Family legend held that Eliza Parker’s mother wove the double-cloth coverlet for her daughter’s trousseau, and while that is very possible, more research is needed to determine where Eliza was born and who her parents were. What can be determined is that this geometric double-cloth coverlet was cherished by a family for over 150 years and made its way across the United States with each successive generation.
As this coverlet is double-cloth there are two sets of warps and wefts that change position interlocking the two cloths and creating pockets, lending to the alternative name for double-cloth, pocket cloth. There is an indigo-dyed blue wool warp and weft as well as a white, unbleached cotton warp and weft. The cotton has yellowed with age. The yarn count is 22x22. The snowball pattern with pine tree border is a ubiquitous Northern European pattern designed to create a decorative effect and provide a heavy and durable textile. The coverlet is in relatively fragile condition and the center seam is coming apart at the both the top and bottom. There is some fraying and missing sections along the top and bottom border as well. This coverlet has no fringe.
coverlet; geometric, double-cloth; c. 1800-1850; likely Pennsylvania
Collection: National Museum of American History
Object type: coverlet, geometric
date made: 1790-1815
late 18th century
early 19th century
1800-1850
maker: unknown
Physical Description: double cloth (overall production method/technique)
linen, wool (overall material)
Measurements: overall: 82 in x 79 in; 208.28 cm x 200.66 cm
Topics: Furnishings
Textiles
Description: This is a blue and white, plain weave double coverlet executed in geometric block weave pattern. The pattern is most commonly known as “Whig Rose.” There is a "Pine Tree" border along three sides created from a fractional reduction and lengthening of the main pattern. The weaver used natural colored linen with olive green and indigo (blue) colored wool. The coverlet measures 82 inches by 79 inches. The coverlet is constructed of two panels each 34.5 inches wide. The weaver would have woven both panels as one length, cut that length in half, and sewn the panels together to create the finished width. There is a five inch long woven fringe with a half inch heading applied to the sides of coverlet, and there is a five inch self-fringe along the lower edge. The coverlet was initially purchased in Huntington Valley, Pennsylvania and it is likely that it was woven in Pennsylvania sometime during the first half of the nineteenth century.
geometric double-cloth coverlet; 1800-1850, Virginia
Collection: National Museum of American History
Object type: coverlet, geometric
date made: 1800-1850
maker: unknown
Physical Description: red, white (overall color)
geometric double-cloth (overall production method/technique)
cotton, wool (overall material)
Measurements: overall: 83 1/2 in x 72 in; 212.09 cm x 182.88 cm
fringe: 3 in; 7.62 cm
Credit line: Gift of Jack and Rhetta S. Potts
Topics: Furnishings
Textiles
Description: This is a red and white, geometric double-woven coverlet woven from two sets of cotton and red wool warp and wefts. The upper edge is hemmed with 2- ply s twist white cotton. The lower edge has a knotted self fringe, which has sustained some damaged. Three of the four sides of the coverlet have a deep border featuring a linear design. The borders measure 5.5 inches on three sides and 3.5 inches along the top edge. The coverlet is in good condition. The donor stated that this coverlet was woven by his great-grandmother in the first half of the nineteenth century in Hillsboro, Loudon County, Virginia. More research is needed to determine which of his great-grandmothers may have woven it as there was no specification as to whether this grandparent was from the paternal or maternal lines. Although family lore holds that this coverlet was woven by a grandmother, the nature of geometric double-cloth weaving in the early nineteenth century likely meant that this coverlet was woven by a male, professional weaver.
Geometric double-cloth patterns are based on what is known as block weaving which was developed in the sixteenth century in the German States of the Holy Roman Empire and spread quickly throughout Europe and into America. Traditionally used for damask linen weaving, American weavers would expand these patterns creating geometric double-cloth coverlets like the one seen here.
Overshot coverlet fragment; late 18th C.?
Collection: National Museum of American History
Object type: coverlet fragment
date made: ca. 1800
place made: United States: Kentucky
Physical Description: cotton, wool (overall material)
overshot (overall production method/technique)
Measurements: overall: 18 in x 18 in; 45.72 cm x 45.72 cm
Credit line: Gift of Mrs. C. A. Swope
Topics: Furnishings
Description: Fragment of a cotton and wool, overshot coverlet weave in a block pattern. The overshot design on the wrong side, according to the seam, is a simplification of the draft "Dog Track" and is developed in blue and pink (faded) wool yarns. Two pieces have been joined to form this square which is part of a coverlet brought to Missouri from Kentucky, but the place of origin is unknown. It has been in the family of the donor about 200 years.
Coverlet fragment; ca. 1773
Collection: National Museum of American History
Object type: coverlet fragment
date made: c. 1773
Physical Description: cotton, wool (overall material)
Measurements: overall: 17 in x 3 3/4 in; 43.18 cm x 9.525 cm
Credit line: Gift of Laura M. Allen
Topics: Furnishings
Description: Fragment of a 6 harness, coverlet weave with cotton warp and blue and red wool filing. A portion of pattern suggesting pine tree pattern. According to Mary M. Atwater: one and one weave. Said by donor to be datable to around 1773.
Because of the donor, Mrs. Allen's, importance in teaching and preserving early handweaving, and the use of materials she collected in books on the subject, NMAH should keep the fragments she donated in the collection, as part of the national woven coverlet collection.
Bowe family Coverlet fragment; Maine; ca. 1800
Collection: National Museum of American History
Object type: coverlet fragment
date made: c. 1800
Physical Description: wool (overall material)
Measurements: overall: 21 in x 10 3/4 in; 53.34 cm x 27.305 cm
Credit line: Gift of Mrs. H. F. Hallock
Topics: Furnishings
Description: All wool coverlet fragment. warp: 2-ply yellow-tan. Weft: 2-ply dark brown. Woven c. 1800 by a member of the Bowe family, Libson, ME.
Corner of a twill weave "diaper" coverlet; before 1832, Pennsylvania
Collection: National Museum of American History
Object type: coverlet fragment
date made: 1800-1832
place made: United States: Pennsylvania
Credit line: Gift of Laura M. Allen
Topics: Furnishings
Description: Corner section of a hand-woven coverlet, blue and white Twill weave, 16 harness, pattern "Diaper" or "4-heddle Damask" woven with cotton and wool yarns, by a person named Burns, in PA, before 1832 Tabby shuttle not used.
Because of the donor, Mrs. Allen's, importance in teaching and preserving early handweaving, and the use of materials she collected in books on the subject, NMAH should keep the fragments she donated in the collection, as part of the national woven coverlet collection.
Copp Family Overshot Coverlet; Connecticut; 1800-1825
Collection: National Museum of American History
Object type: coverlet, overshot
date made: 1780-1810
early 19th century
1800-1825
maker: unknown
place made: United States
Physical Description: overshot; fringed (overall production method/technique)
wool (overall material)
cotton (overall material)
Measurements: overall: 90 in x 84 in; 228.6 cm x 213.36 cm
Credit line: Gift of John Brenton Copp
Topics: Furnishings
Textiles
Description: This single-woven cotton and wool overshot coverlet was made in the early 19th century. It is part of the Copp Collection of costume and household textiles given to the Museum in the late 19th century. The coverlet was woven in two sections, which were sewn together. The patterns used are known as “Four Roses” and “Table,” and the coverlet is finished with a hand-woven wool fringe two and one-half inches deep. The center seam, fringe, and hems are all sewn with cotton thread. The weaver and the owner remain unknown. The Copps first arrived in America in 1635. By the 18th century, the descendents of the first Copps were living in Stonington, Connecticut, working as merchants and businessmen. They imported textiles for sale, and like other colonists, they engaged in some home production as well.
Copp Family Overshot Coverlet, late 18th C.
Collection: National Museum of American History
Object type: Coverlet, overshot
Date made: late 18th century
18th century
date made: c. 1770-1800
Physical Description: overshot (overall production method/technique)
warp fringe (overall pattern)
blue (overall color)
natural (overall color)
wool (overall material)
linen (overall material)
Measurements: overall: 95 in x 85 1/2 in; 241.3 cm x 217.17 cm
Credit line: Gift of John Brenton Copp
Topics: Furnishings
Textiles
Description: This hand woven overshot coverlet is part of the Copp Collection which was given to the Museum in the late 19th century. The pattern is similar to "White Mountian" or "Granite State' and woven with linen and wool yarn. The coverlet is woven in two sections with each section being 42 3/4 inches wide. The two sections are joined together with linen sewing thread. The coverlet was probably made in the 18th century. The weaver is unknown.
Diane and Endymion
Collection: National Museum of American History
Object type: Fabric, Fragment, Printed
Date made: 1793
maker: French
J.P. Meiler & Cie
Physical Description: cotton (overall material)
Measurements: overall: 37 in x 21 3/4 in; 93.98 cm x 55.245 cm
counterpane, printed
Collection: National Museum of American History
Object type: Counterpane, Printed
Date made: ca. 1785
Physical Description: cotton (overall material)
Measurements: overall: 71 in x 41 1/2 in; 180.34 cm x 105.41 cm
La Mouton Cheri
Collection: National Museum of American History
Object type: Bed Valance, Printed
Date made: 1780
Physical Description: cotton (overall material)
Measurements: overall: 70 in x 28 1/2 in; 177.8 cm x 72.39 cm
bed valance, printed
Collection: National Museum of American History
Object type: Bed Valance, Printed
Date made: 1782
Physical Description: cotton (overall material)
Measurements: overall: 197 in x 20 in; 500.38 cm x 50.8 cm
Credit line: Gift
L'art D'aimer or L'agreable Lecon-Petitpiere, Nantes
Collection: National Museum of American History
Object type: Bed Valance, Printed
Date made: 1788
Physical Description: cotton (overall material)
Measurements: overall: 21 1/2 in x 25 in; 54.61 cm x 63.5 cm
Credit line: Gift
fabric, fragment, printed
Collection: National Museum of American History
Object type: Fabric, Fragment, Printed
Date made: ca. 1798
Physical Description: cotton (overall material)
Measurements: overall: 186 in x 18 in; 472.44 cm x 45.72 cm
Credit line: Gift
fabric, fragment, printed
Collection: National Museum of American History
Object type: Fabric, Fragment, Printed
Date made: ca. 1800
Physical Description: cotton (overall material)
Measurements: overall: 111 in x 17 in; 281.94 cm x 43.18 cm
Credit line: Gift
fabric, fragment, printed
Collection: National Museum of American History
Object type: Fabric, Fragment, Printed
Date made: ca. 1785
Physical Description: cotton (overall material)
Measurements: overall: 30 in x 20 in; 76.2 cm x 50.8 cm
fabric, fragment, printed
Collection: National Museum of American History
Object type: Fabric, Fragment, Printed
Date made: ca. 1785
Physical Description: cotton (overall material)
Measurements: overall: 56 in x 26 in; 142.24 cm x 66.04 cm
18th Century Flemish Bobbin Lace Flounce
Collection: National Museum of American History
Object type: Lace
lace, flounce
lace
date made: 18th century
Measurements: overall: 8 1/2 in x 3.66 m; x 21.59 cm x 12 ft
Credit line: Miss Anna R. Fairchild, 1910
Topics: Lace and lace making
Textiles
lace
Collection: National Museum of American History
Object type: Lace
lace
date made: ca 1800
ca. 1800
Credit line: Gift of Mrs. Marjorie S. Palmer thru Mrs. A.S. Whittemore, 1968
Topics: Lace and lace making
Textiles
Bobbin Lace Scarf with Droschel Ground
Collection: National Museum of American History
Object type: Lace
lace, scarf
lace
date made: ca 1790-1810
place made: Flanders
Physical Description: bobbin lace, droschel (overall production method/technique)
Measurements: overall: 72 in x 16 in; x 182.88 cm x 40.64 cm
Credit line: Miss Annie-May Hegeman
Topics: Lace and lace making
Textiles
Description: Scarf or stole with bobbin lace garlands on Droschel bobbin lace gound. Brussels style lace from the late 18th century
Lace Border in Linen with Droschel ground
Collection: National Museum of American History
Object type: Lace
lace
date made: ca. 1800
Physical Description: linen (overall material)
bobbin lace, droschel (overall production method/technique)
Measurements: overall: 11 1/4 in x 4 1/4 in; 28.575 cm x 10.795 cm
Credit line: Gift of Mrs. Marjorie S. Palmer thru Mrs. A.S. Whittemore, 1968
Topics: Lace and lace making
Textiles
Point d'Angleterre Border Fragment
Collection: National Museum of American History
Object type: Lace
lace, fragment
lace
date made: 1775-1800
Physical Description: bobbin lace, droschel (overall production method/technique)
bobbin lace, part lace (overall production method/technique)
linen (overall material)
Measurements: overall: 3 in x 3 1/4 in; 7.62 cm x 8.255 cm
Credit line: Gift of Mrs. Marjorie S. Palmer thru Mrs. A.S. Whittemore, 1968
Topics: Lace and lace making
Textiles
Description: Linen border fragment in Point d'Angleterre bobbin lace. Ca. 1750-1780. Part lace with Droschel ground added after the motifs were made. Floral band goes diagonally across the border. Small scallops with picots. 1/4" entre-deux added.
Late 18th Century Bobbin Lace Flounce
Collection: National Museum of American History
Object type: Lace
lace, flounce
lace
date made: 1770-1790
1770-1790
Physical Description: bobbin lace, brussels, droschel (overall production method/technique)
needle lace, alencon (overall open mesh production method/technique)
Measurements: overall: 151 in x 4 1/2 in; 383.54 cm x 11.43 cm
Credit line: Mr. Leon Orlowski
Topics: Lace and lace making
Textiles
Description (Brief): Late 18th century bobbin lace flounce with floral and garland motifs. The motifs are made with brussels bobbin lace technique and they are grounded with droschel bobbin lace ground. The more open ground is alencon style needle lace. An narrow modern, machine made entre-deux has been added.
Buck's Point bobbin Lace Border
Collection: National Museum of American History
Object type: Lace
lace
date made: 1790-1810
place made: United Kingdom: England
Physical Description: bobbin lace, buck's point (overall production method/technique)
Measurements: overall: 200 in x 2 1/2 in; 508 cm x 6.35 cm
Credit line: Miss Annie-May Hegeman
Topics: Lace and lace making
Textiles
Description: Buckinghamshire bobbin lace border of medium quality from the late 18th to early 19th century
Late 18th Century Bobbin Lace Flounce
Collection: National Museum of American History
Object type: Lace
lace, flounce
lace
date made: 1770-1790
Physical Description: bobbin lace, brussels, droschel (overall production method/technique)
needle lace, alencon (overall open net production method/technique)
Measurements: overall: 159 in x 4 1/2 in; 403.86 cm x 11.43 cm
Credit line: Mr. Leon Orlowski
Topics: Lace and lace making
Textiles
lace, lappet
Collection: National Museum of American History
Object type: Lace
lace, lappet
lace
date made: 18th century
Physical Description: linen (overall material)
bobbin lace - Mechlin (overall production method/technique)
Measurements: overall: 24 in x 3 1/4 in; x 60.96 cm x 8.255 cm
Topics: Lace and lace making
Social life and customs
Adornment
Costume
Clothing and dress
Dress accessories
Family
Textiles
Mechlin Bobbin Lace Edging
Collection: National Museum of American History
Object type: Lace
lace
date made: 1770-1800
Physical Description: bobbin lace, mechlin (overall production method/technique)
linen (overall material)
Measurements: overall: 25 1/2 in x 2 in; x 64.77 cm x 5.08 cm
Credit line: Mrs. John Biddle Porter (Mrs. Elizabeth Rush Porter), 1912
Topics: Lace and lace making
Textiles
Description (Brief): Mechlin bobbin lace edging which belonged to Benjamin Rush and was left to his daughter-in-law Mrs. Catherine Eliza Murray Rush, wife of the Hon. Richard Rush of Pennsylvania, the first regent of the Smithsonian Institution, to whom was entrusted the transfer of the Smithsonian Bequest from England to the United States. Louis XV style
lace, lappet
Collection: National Museum of American History
Object type: Lace
lace, lappet
lace
date made: 18th century
Physical Description: linen (overall material)
bobbin lace (overall production method/technique)
Measurements: overall: 24 in x 3 1/4 in; x 60.96 cm x 8.255 cm
Topics: Lace and lace making
Social life and customs
Adornment
Costume
Clothing and dress
Dress accessories
Family
Textiles
Mechlin Bobbin Lace Edging With Smithsonian Ties
Collection: National Museum of American History
Object type: Lace
lace
date made: 1770-1810
Physical Description: bobbin lace, mechlin (overall production method/technique)
linen (overall material)
Measurements: overall: 42 in x 3 in; x 106.68 cm x 7.62 cm
Credit line: Mrs. John Biddle Porter (Mrs. Elizabeth Rush Porter), 1912
Topics: Lace and lace making
Textiles
Description (Brief): Mechlin bobbin lace edging which belonged to Benjamin Rush, 1745-1813, and was left to his daughter-in-law Mrs. Catherine Eliza Murray Rush, wife of the Hon. Richard Rush of Pennsylvania, the first regent of the Smithsonian Institution, to whom was entrusted the transfer of the Smithsonian Bequest from England to the United States.
Late 18th Century Mechlin Border With Floral Motifs
Collection: National Museum of American History
Object type: Lace
lace, border
lace
date made: 1760-1800
1770-1780
1770-1785
Physical Description: bobbin lace, mechlin (overall production method/technique)
linen (overall material)
Measurements: overall: 3 1/4 in x 32 in; x 8.255 cm x 81.28 cm
Credit line: Gift of Mrs. James W. Pinchot, 1909
Topics: Lace and lace making
Textiles
Description (Brief): Mechlin bobbin lace border from the late 18th century with floral motifs in two inch long pattern repeats.
Black Silk Bobbin Lace Edging Fragment
Collection: National Museum of American History
Object type: Lace
lace, border, fragment
lace
date made: 1790-1815
place made: United States: Massachusetts, Ipswich
Associated Place: United States: Massachusetts, Ipswich
Physical Description: silk (overall material)
black (overall color)
bobbin lace (overall production method/technique)
Measurements: overall: 14 in x 3 in; 35.56 cm x 7.62 cm
Credit line: Mrs. Heloise D. Seeley
Topics: Lace and lace making
Textiles
Black Silk Bobbin Lace Edging Fragment
Collection: National Museum of American History
Object type: Lace
lace, border, fragment
lace
date made: 1790-1815
place made: United States: Massachusetts, Ipswich
Associated Place: United States: Massachusetts, Ipswich
Physical Description: silk (overall material)
black (overall color)
bobbin lace (overall production method/technique)
Measurements: overall: 16 in x 3 in; 40.64 cm x 7.62 cm
Credit line: Mrs. Heloise D. Seeley
Topics: Lace and lace making
Textiles
Black Silk Bobbin Lace Edging Fragment
Collection: National Museum of American History
Object type: Lace
lace, border, fragment
lace
date made: 1790-1815
place made: United States: Massachusetts, Ipswich
Associated Place: United States: Massachusetts, Ipswich
Physical Description: silk (overall material)
black (overall color)
bobbin lace (overall production method/technique)
Measurements: overall: 18 in x 3 in; 45.72 cm x 7.62 cm
Credit line: Mrs. Heloise D. Seeley
Topics: Lace and lace making
Textiles
Black Silk Bobbin Lace Edging Fragment
Collection: National Museum of American History
Object type: Lace
lace, border, fragment
lace
date made: 1790-1815
place made: United States: Massachusetts, Ipswich
Associated Place: United States: Massachusetts, Ipswich
Physical Description: silk (overall material)
black (overall color)
bobbin lace (overall production method/technique)
Measurements: overall: 15 in x 3 in; 38.1 cm x 7.62 cm
Credit line: Mrs. Heloise Durant Seeley
Topics: Lace and lace making
Textiles
Black Silk Bobbin Lace Edging Fragment
Collection: National Museum of American History
Object type: Lace
lace, border, fragment
lace
date made: 1790-1815
place made: United States: Massachusetts, Ipswich
Associated Place: United States: Massachusetts, Ipswich
Physical Description: silk (overall material)
black (overall color)
bobbin lace (overall production method/technique)
Measurements: overall: 21 in x 2 1/2 in; 53.34 cm x 6.35 cm
Credit line: Mrs. Heloise D. Seeley
Topics: Lace and lace making
Textiles
Black Silk Bobbin Lace Edging Fragment
Collection: National Museum of American History
Object type: Lace
lace, border fragment
lace, border, fragment
lace
date made: 1790-1815
place made: United States: Massachusetts, Ipswich
Associated Place: United States: Massachusetts, Ipswich
Physical Description: silk (overall material)
black (overall color)
bobbin lace (overall production method/technique)
Measurements: overall at narrowest: 12 in x 2 in; 30.48 cm x 5.08 cm
overall at widest: 12 in x 3 in; 30.48 cm x 7.62 cm
Credit line: Mrs. Heloise D. Seeley
Topics: Lace and lace making
Textiles