Mrs. Orrin Graves's overshot coverlet fragment; New York; 1840
date: label: date made
content: 1840
notes: label: Description
content: Fragment of a 4-harness, overshot, coverlet weave: 'Richmond Beauty,' also known as "Royal Beauty" or "Youth & Beauty," in a block pattern formed with a fine cotton warp and green and red wool weft. Made in 1840 at Watertown, NY by Mrs.Orrin A Graves (mother of Mrs. Lydia Ann Wiliams), from yarns which she spun and colored.
label: Description
content: 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.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: place made
content: United States: New York, Watertown
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content: Home and Community Life: Textiles
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content: Coverlets
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Gift of Mrs. Laura M. Allen
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: TE.T06019.000
label: catalog number
content: T06019.000
label: accession number
content: 105696
objectType: label: Object Name
content: coverlet fragment
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: cotton, wool (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: overshot (overall production method/technique)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 6 in x 9 in; 15.24 cm x 22.86 cm