"Queen's Delight;" coverlet; overshot; c.1800-1825; New York
date: label: date made
content: 1800-1825
label: date made
content: 19th century
label: date made
content: early 19th century
name: label: maker
content: unknown
notes: label: Description
content: The donor’s great-great-grandmother wove this blue and white, overshot coverlet featuring the pattern known as "Queen's Delight "or "Mary Simmons" c. 1800-1825 in Cortland County, New York. The donor’s grandmother was Mrs. Evalina Bean Hammund, but the name of her great-great-grandmother is unknown and there were no further details about through which line of her family it may have descended. The coverlet was constructed from two panels woven as one length, cut, and seamed up the middle. The ground cloth was woven from a white 2 ply, s-twist, z-spun cotton warp, a z-twist, s-spun cotton single ground weft, and a 2-ply, s-twist, z-spun wool supplementary pattern weft. The coverlet measures 77 inches by 70 inches.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: place woven
content: United States: New York
label: place made
content: United States: New York, Cortland
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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
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Gift of Mrs. Carrie E. King
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: TE.T16385
label: catalog number
content: T16385.000
label: accession number
content: 303434
objectType: label: Object Name
content: coverlet, overshot
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: overshot (overall production method/technique)
label: Physical Description
content: cotton, wool (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 77 in x 70 in; 195.58 cm x 177.8 cm