"Granite State;" coverlet; overshot; late 18th century, poss. Rhode Island
date: label: Date made
content: early 19th century
label: date made
content: late 18th century
name: label: maker
content: unknown
notes: label: Description
content: This brown and white, overshot coverlet has been separated into its two panels. Whether this is due to use or because of early-20th-century Colonial Revival repurposing as portieres or curtains is unknown. The pattern is a variation of a pattern known as “Granite State.” Each panel measures 102 inches by 42 inches, making the whole coverlet measure 102 inches by 84 inches. There is no evidence of fringe and the top and bottom edges are hemmed. The coverlet is composed of a linen warp, cotton ground weft, and brown wool, supplementary pattern weft. The use of linen in the warp indicates a likely late-eighteenth-century manufacture date as industrially-spun cotton was not strong enough to be used in the warp until the start of the nineteenth century. There is evidence in the accession file to suggest that this coverlet was made and passed down through the Babcock family of Rhode Island, but more research is needed to confirm the attribution.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: place made
content: United States: Rhode Island
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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 Mrs. H. B. (Clara Babcock) Blackmar
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: TE.T12598
label: accession number
content: 220211
label: catalog number
content: T12598
objectType: label: Object Name
content: coverlet panels, overshot
label: Object Name
content: coverlet panels
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: overshot (overall production method/technique)
label: Physical Description
content: granite state (overall pattern)
label: Physical Description
content: linen (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: wool (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: cotton (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 102 in x 42 in; 259.08 cm x 106.68 cm