Corner of a twill weave "diaper" coverlet; before 1832, Pennsylvania
date: label: date made
content: 1800-1832
notes: label: Description
content: Corner section of a hand-woven coverlet, blue and white Twill weave, 16 harness, pattern "Diaper" or "4-heddle Damask" woven with cotton and wool yarns, by a person named Burns, in PA, before 1832 Tabby shuttle not used.
label: Description
content: Because of the donor, Mrs. Allen's, importance in teaching and preserving early handweaving, and the use of materials she collected in books on the subject, NMAH should keep the fragments she donated in the collection, as part of the national woven coverlet collection.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: place made
content: United States: Pennsylvania
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content: Home and Community Life: Textiles
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content: Coverlets
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Gift of Laura M. Allen
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: TE.T04771.000
label: catalog number
content: T04771.000
label: accession number
content: 71965
objectType: label: Object Name
content: coverlet fragment