Jacquard double-cloth coverlet, New York, 1851
date: label: Date made
content: 1851
notes: label: Description
content: This is a red and white, double woven, jacquard coverlet. The "Figured and Fancy" pattern is a mirror image repeat in all 4 quarters. Starts from central rosette, into a leaf edge "corn-ear-like" figure framed by morning glories and U.S. flags. A Liberty coin is in earch corner of this unit. The whole is framed by a fruit and flower border. There is a large eagle in each corner with an "E Pluribus Unum" banner above, and the date "1851" below. Between this and the center unit are scattered meandering flowers and leaves. Both the red and white yarns are 2 ply s twist. The yarn count is 22 x 22 per inch.
label: Description
content: This coverlet was woven in Palmyra, N.Y. in 1851 for the donor's great-grandmother, Christina Granger. The 83 year old donor (as of 1972) states it was given to her daughter whose elder son was the donor's father. she received it through him, and used it on her bed between 1905 snf 1907, at Fort Riley, Kansas.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: woven in
content: United States: New York, Palmyra
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content: Home and Community Life: Textiles
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content: Coverlets
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Gift of Mrs. Beverly F. Browne
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: TE.T16401
label: catalog number
content: T16401
label: catalog number
content: T.16401
label: accession number
content: 304186
objectType: label: Object Name
content: coverlet, figured
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: cotton, wool (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: jacquard, double cloth (overall production method/technique)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 89 1/2 in x 83 1/2 in; 227.33 cm x 212.09 cm