Geometric Double-cloth Coverlet; Pennsylvania, 1800-1850
date: label: date made
content: before 1850
label: date made
content: 1800-1850
name: label: maker
content: unknown
notes: label: Description
content: According to the donor, this double-woven coverlet was made for a member of the Piper family who lived near Oakville, Pennsylvania. Made of cotton and wool, it's believed to have been woven before 1850. The letters “SP” are embroidered into the lower left-hand corner. The donor’s grandfather was Samuel Piper. This coverlet was woven in two sections, which were sewn together. There is a self fringe on the bottom, and a tape fringe on each side. There are twenty-five dots in each block. This coverlet is double-woven, and therefore reversible.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: place made
content: United States: Pennsylvania, Oakville
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content: Home and Community Life: Textiles
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content: Coverlets
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content: Textiles
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content: Domestic Furnishings
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Gift of Miss Mary E. Kirkpatrick
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: TE.T14677
label: catalog number
content: T14677.000
label: accession number
content: 279892
objectType: 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: cotton, wool (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 90 1/2 in x 71 in; 229.87 cm x 180.34 cm