Bedspread woven in the Catalpa Flower pattern by an enslaved woman
date: label: Date
content: before 1863
name: label: Created by
content: Unidentified
label: Owned by
content: Old Slave Mart Museum, American, founded 1937
notes: label: Description
content: A reverse cotton and wool coverlet in the Catalpa Flower weave pattern made by an enslaved woman on the Singleton Family Plantation in Hawkinsville, Georgia. The cream and indigo dyed blue coverlet has a stylized flower motif of blue circles set amid cream squares. The fabric has areas of loss, fraying, and previous repairs. There are cotton support strips adhered to the reverse.
place: label: Place made
content: Hawkinsville, Pulaski County, Georgia, United States, North and Central America
topic: label: Topic
content: African American
label: Topic
content: Craftsmanship
label: Topic
content: Design
label: Topic
content: Domestic life
label: Topic
content: Slavery
label: Topic
content: Textile design
setName: label: See more items in
content: National Museum of African American History and Culture Collection
label: Classification
content: Slavery and Freedom Objects
label: Classification
content: Textiles and Quilts
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of African American History and Culture
identifier: label: Object number
content: 2017.108.4
objectType: label: Type
content: coverlets
objectRights: label: Restrictions & Rights
content: No Known Copyright Restrictions
label: Restrictions & Rights
content: Proper usage is the responsibility of the user.
physicalDescription: label: Medium
content: dye on cotton
label: Dimensions
content: H x W: 89 × 96 in. (226.1 × 243.8 cm)