Eunice Moore; coverlet, overshot; c. 1800; Massachusetts
date: label: Date made
content: ca. 1800
name: label: maker
content: unknown
notes: label: Description
content: According to an inscription sewn to this coverlet, Mrs. Eunice Moore of Worthington, Massachusetts wove this simple “Block and Table” overshot coverlet in 1800 from gold wool and natural cotton yarns. Moore was the grandmother of Armida Everett, mother of the donors. The coverlet measures 92 inches by 70 inches and was woven as one length, cut into two panels, and sewn up the center. It was common practice to remove the center seam to wash coverlet as their size and weight when wet made them hard to deal with. The last time this coverlet’s seam was removed, the owner sewed it together again backwards. The central pattern would originally have been two side borders and the current outer edges would have been matched up to create a larger centerfield design.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: Place Made
content: United States: Georgia, Unknown
label: place made
content: United States: Massachusetts, Worthington
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content: Home and Community Life: Textiles
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content: Coverlets
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content: Textiles
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Bequest of the Misses Long
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: TE.L6952
label: catalog number
content: L06952.000
label: accession number
content: 113420
objectType: label: Object Name
content: coverlet, overshot
label: Object Name
content: coverlet
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: overshot (overall production method/technique)
label: Physical Description
content: gold (overall color)
label: Physical Description
content: white (overall color)
label: Physical Description
content: cotton (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: wool (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 92 in x 70 in; 233.68 cm x 177.8 cm