Figured and Fancy coverlet; double-cloth; 1844; New York
date: label: Date made
content: 1844
notes: label: Description
content: This unsigned, blue & white, Figured and Fancy, double-cloth coverlet has no fringe. There is a large stylized ovular central medallion made up of flowering baskets and scrolling foliage. Beyond this are scattered flowers. There is a double border around four sides of the coverlet. The innermost border is composed of similar flowering baskets and foliate scrollwork. The outermost border contains the date, “1844” and is made up of stylized floral designs and peacock feather eyes. The designs are similar to those used by New York weaver, Ira Hadsell. However, Hadsell usually signed his work. According to the donor, this coverlet was made for her great-grandmother near Syracuse, New York.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: place made
content: United States: New York, Syracuse
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content: Home and Community Life: Textiles
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content: Coverlets
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content: Domestic Furnishings
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content: Textiles
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Gift of Miss Mary E Crook
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: TE.T6714
label: catalog number
content: T06714.000
label: accession number
content: 111910
objectType: label: Object Name
content: coverlet, figured
label: Object Name
content: coverlet
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: double-cloth (overall production method/technique)
label: Physical Description
content: central medallion (center pattern)
label: Physical Description
content: blue (overall color)
label: Physical Description
content: white (overall color)
label: Physical Description
content: cotton, wool (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: Figured and Fancy (overall style)