1720 - 1734 Jane Alcock's Silk Applique Counterpane
date: label: date made
content: 1720-1734
name: label: maker
content: Alcock, Jane
notes: label: Description
content: According to family information, Jane Alcock made this counterpane in a convent school in England a few years before running away to Barbados and marrying William Atlee (1696-1744) on June 1, 1734. A few weeks later the couple settled in Philadelphia. Jane was born in 1695 in England and died in 1777 in Lancaster County, Pennsylvania.
label: Description
content: The scrollwork-and-flower design is appliquéd, held in place by a linen-thread cord, on a dark blue satin ground. The elegant counterpane remained in the family until its donation in 1985.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: place made
content: United Kingdom: England
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content: Home and Community Life: Textiles
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content: Art
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content: Textiles
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content: Domestic Furnishings
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content: Quilts
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Robert T. Merriam
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: 1985.0154.01
label: catalog number
content: 1985.0154.01
label: accession number
content: 1985.0154
objectType: label: Object Name
content: counterpane
label: Object Name
content: coverlet
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: fabric, silk, satin weave (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: thread, silk (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 93 in x 65 in; 236 cm x 165 cm