Geometric Double-Cloth Coverlet; Pennsylvania, 1789
date: label: date made
content: 1785-1800
notes: label: Description
content: The date 1789 and two letters (no longer readable) are embroidered into this double-woven coverlet in cross-stitch. The pattern features a variation of the "Pine Tree" motif in the border, and repetitive squares and diamonds in the center. Three of the four edges have an applied fringe. The coverlet is believed to have been made by a member of the Brown family of the village of Emilie, Pennsylvania, and received by the donor from his mother's father, Henry C. Brown (1848—-1921). He obtained it from his father, John B. Brown, of Emilie, Bucks County, Pennsylvania. The maker of the coverlet is unknown.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
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content: Home and Community Life: Textiles
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content: Coverlets
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content: Textiles
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content: Domestic Furnishings
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Gift of Lester W. Stackhouse
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: TE.T7878
label: catalog number
content: T07878.000
label: accession number
content: 142620
objectType: label: Object Name
content: coverlet
label: Object Name
content: coverlet, geometric
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: cotton, wool (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 88 in x 72 in; 223.52 cm x 182.88 cm