Overshot coverlet made by an unidentified weaver near Edgefield, South Carolina
date: label: Date
content: 1860s
name: label: Created by
content: Unidentified
notes: label: Description
content: This dark brown, pink, and off-white overshot coverlet was hand woven on a four-harness loom with six treadles using a single-ply z-spun undyed cotton warp and weft with supplementary single-ply z-spun wool weft dyed brown and pink. The colored wool supplementary weft creates a striped geometric design that is mirrored on the reverse. There are three identical panels machine-stitched selvage to selvage to form the coverlet, with rolled hems on the exterior edges. There is no border pattern for the outside sections. The wool is colored brown using an iron-tannate dye, while the pink colored wool is colored with an aniline dye.
place: label: Place made
content: Edgefield County, South Carolina, United States, North and Central America
topic: label: Topic
content: African American
label: Topic
content: Craftsmanship
label: Topic
content: Domestic life
label: Topic
content: Slavery
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, Gift of Claudia Durst Johnson
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of African American History and Culture
identifier: label: Object number
content: 2014.202
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: cotton and wool
label: Dimensions
content: H x W: 94 1/4 × 82 in. (239.4 × 208.3 cm)