Coverlet
date: label: Date
content: 1800–1850
notes: label: Catalogue Status
content: Research in Progress
label: Description
content: Blue and white coverlet with a central field of close-set horizontal and vertical repeats of flat, stylized groups of large-scale roses and leaves with rosettes in the interspaces. Bottom border with double-headed eagles alternating with Independence Hall; scattered stars of three-lobed leaves. Inscription at left end: "American Independence Declared July 4, 1776." Borders on both sides with spread eagle alternating with monkeys and double column.
place: label: made in
content: USA
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content: Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum Collection
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content: Textiles Department
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Gift of Mabel Choate
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum
identifier: label: Accession Number
content: 1950-61-1
objectType: label: Type
content: woven textiles
label: Type
content: Coverlet
objectRights: label: Restrictions & Rights
content: CC0
physicalDescription: label: Medium
content: Medium: wool, cotton Technique: double cloth
label: Dimensions
content: H x W: 218 x 185 cm (7 ft. 1 13/16 in. x 6 ft. 13/16 in.)