"Pine Blossom;" coverlet; overshot; c. 1855; Alabama
date: label: Date made
content: Mid-1850s?
label: date made
content: c. 1855
notes: label: Description
content: The donor collected this black, red, and white, overshot coverlet in 1908 in Fayetteville, Alabama from an elderly woman who claimed to have prepared the wool and woven it in the mid-1850s. The pattern is known as “Pine Blossom.” The coverlet measures 98 inches by 90.5 inches and is made of three lengths of fabric, that are seamed together. The red dye used in the coverlet is likely pokeberry.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: place made
content: United States: Alabama, Fayette
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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: Gift of General J.K. Parsons
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: TE.T8432
label: catalog number
content: T08432.000
label: accession number
content: 157596
objectType: label: Object Name
content: Coverlet, overshot
label: Object Name
content: coverlet
label: Object Name
content: overshot
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: overshot (overall production method/technique)
label: Physical Description
content: black (overall color)
label: Physical Description
content: red (overall color)
label: Physical Description
content: natural (overall color)
label: Physical Description
content: wool (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: cotton (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 98 in x 90 1/2 in; 248.92 cm x 229.87 cm