Electa Kingsbury Sweetland; coverlet; overshot; c. 1800; Connecticut
date: label: date made
content: Early 19th century
label: date made
content: c. 1800
name: label: maker
content: Sweetland, Electa Kingsbury
notes: label: Description
content: It is likely that Electa Kingsbury Sweetland (b. 1781) of Coventry, Connecticut wove this blue and white, overshot, cotton and wool coverlet c. 1800. Sweetland also made one of the quilts in the collection (TE.T16940). The coverlet measures 85 inches by 67 inches. The warp is 2-ply, S-twist, off-white cotton. The ground weft is a Z-spun cotton single. The supplementary pattern weft is a 2 ply, S-twist, Z-spun indigo (blue) wool yarn. The coverlet is constructed from two panels that are sewn together with cotton thread. There is an applied fringe along three side of the coverlet, it is sewn on with cotton thread. The coverlet is woven in the pattern known as "Bonaparte's March." The coverlet along with the quilt descended in the Loomis and Prisk families of Connecticut.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: place made
content: United States: Connecticut, Coventry
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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 Mr. and Mrs. Charles. W. Prisk
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: TE.T16931
label: catalog number
content: T16931.00S
label: accession number
content: 310734
objectType: label: Object Name
content: coverlet, overshot
label: Object Name
content: coverlet
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: overshot (overall production method/technique)
label: Physical Description
content: indigo (overall color)
label: Physical Description
content: natural (overall color)
label: Physical Description
content: wool, cotton (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 85 in x 67 in; 215.9 cm x 170.18 cm