Coverlet Fragment
date: label: Date
content: ca. 1850
notes: label: Catalogue Status
content: Research in Progress
label: Description
content: Fragment of an overshot coverlet with an overall grid format containing a checkboard of tobacco brown and blue squares. The illusion of spheres emerging from the surface is created by varying the height and width of the blocks.
place: label: made in
content: Georgia, 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 Mrs. Sara Muschel
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum
identifier: label: Accession Number
content: 1956-173-1
objectType: label: Type
content: woven textiles
label: Type
content: Coverlet Fragment
objectRights: label: Restrictions & Rights
content: CC0
physicalDescription: label: Medium
content: Medium: wool, cotton Technique: continuous supplementary weft patterning in plain weave foundation (overshot) Label: Cotton plain weave with wool supplementary weft patterning
label: Dimensions
content: H x W: 85.1 x 42.2 cm (33 1/2 x 16 5/8 in.)