Geometric Double-woven Coverlet; Virginia, 1817
date: label: date made
content: 1817
name: label: maker
content: unknown
notes: label: Description
content: This blue and white, geometric, block-woven, double cloth coverlet features “Star and Flower” centerfield pattern with “Pine Tree” border. The date, “1817” and the initials, "N x C" have been cross-stitched into the center of the lower border. The embroidery appears to be a later addition. According the to the seller, who sold the coverlet on behalf of a man names, Bob Sikes, the coverlet was woven by Mr. Sikes’ great-grandmother in Hillsboro, Virginia. More research is needed to confirm this attribution, but block-woven double-cloth was usually woven by professional male weavers. Also, Southern female weavers typically wove in overshot pattern because of the warmer weather and simpler loom requirements. Both sets of cotton and wool warp and weft yarns are 2-ply, S-twist, Z-spun. The coverlet measures 85 inches by 79.75 inches and is constructed from two panels. The pattern repeat is 4.25 inches by 4.74 inches.
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content: Home and Community Life: Textiles
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content: Coverlets
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content: Domestic Furnishings
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content: Textiles
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: TE.T17650
label: catalog number
content: T17650.000
label: accession number
content: 319020
objectType: label: Object Name
content: coverlet, geometric
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: geometric (overall production method/technique)
label: Physical Description
content: double weave (overall production method/technique)
label: Physical Description
content: cotton, wool (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 85 in x 79 1/2 in; 215.9 cm x 201.93 cm