"Rose and Table" pattern overshot coverlet
date: label: Date made
content: 19th century
name: label: maker
content: unknown
notes: label: Description
content: Overshot coverlet made with red, indigo and natural colored yarns. Rose and table pattern--no extra border pattern. The coverlet is consists of two panels stitched together. Yarns: warp-single ply , z twist white cotton, ground weft--single z twist white cotton, pattern-weft single z twist red and indigo wool. The top and bottom hems are hand stitched. Repeat size of pattern 6 1/8 " x 5 3/4." There is no border pattern. According to the donor, this coverlet was owned by Mrs. Sarah Franklin Brown , grand mother of the donor. She lived in Washington County, Tenn. (post office-Telford, just below Jonesboro) in the Southern Highlands.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
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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 Monnie Elizabeth Brown
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: TE.T16890
label: catalog number
content: T16890.00S
label: accession number
content: 308471
objectType: label: Object Name
content: Coverlet, overshot
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: overshot (overall production method/technique)
label: Physical Description
content: red, indigo, natural (overall color)
label: Physical Description
content: cotton, wool (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: Rose & Table (overall pattern)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 92 in x 66 in; 233.68 cm x 167.64 cm