Geometric Double-cloth Coverlet, 1800-1850
date: label: date made
content: first half of the 19th century
name: label: maker
content: unknown
notes: label: Description
content: Cotton and wool geometric double-woven coverlet, woven in dark blue, light blue, red and white. The pattern is sometimes called "Rings and Chains"' and similar to John Landes' pattern no. 57. The coverlet is in good condition though the top edge was probably re-bound and the fringes are incomplete on the sides edges. There is a seam down the center of the coverlet. The coverlet was made in the first half of the 19th century.
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. Winthrop F. Potter, in memory of Miss Kate van Cleve
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: TE.T15485
label: catalog number
content: T15485.000
label: accession number
content: 294051
objectType: label: Object Name
content: Coverlet
label: Object Name
content: coverlet, geometric
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: geometric (overall style)
label: Physical Description
content: double weave (overall production method/technique)
label: Physical Description
content: blue (overall color)
label: Physical Description
content: red (overall color)
label: Physical Description
content: wool (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: cotton (overall material)