Overshot coverlet, block pattern
date: label: Date made
content: 2nd half of 19th century
notes: label: Description
content: Overshot woven coverlet with block pattern. Pattern consists of a simple repeat of large and small blocks Unusual self fringe.Warp white cotton 2 ply S-twist, weft blue woool, 2 ply S-twist. Self fringe along 3 sides in white cotton. Along edges a double hand worked leno pattern is worked. It is a continuation of the warp at he bottom, but applied to both side edges.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
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content: Home and Community Life: Textiles
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content: Coverlets
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Gift of Mrs. Sarah Ayer and Miss Mary Grindell
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: TE.T13988
label: catalog number
content: T13988.000
label: accession number
content: 268777
objectType: label: Object Name
content: Coverlet
label: Object Name
content: coverlet, overshot
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: overshot (overall production method/technique)
label: Physical Description
content: blue, natural (overall color)
label: Physical Description
content: block (overall pattern)
label: Physical Description
content: wool (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: cotton (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 92 in x 89 in; 233.68 cm x 226.06 cm