Geometric Double-cloth "Snowball Tree" Coverlet, 1800-1850
date: label: date made
content: 1800-1850
name: label: maker
content: unknown
notes: label: Description
content: This blue and white double-woven coverlet features a "Snowball Tree" central field motif, with wavy line borders on three sides. It was woven with cotton and wool yarns, and has a fringe on all four sides. The lower edge has a self-fringe, while the sides have tape fringes that travel to the top edge and run along that edge for twenty-two inches. This coverlet was woven in two sections that were sewn together on each side. According to the donor, the yarn was spun and the coverlet was woven in the home of her great-grandmother (no name given.) The coverlet dates from the first half of the 19th century. Double-woven coverlets are reversible, with the dark color dominant on one side, and the light color dominante on the other. Such coverlets are complicated to weave and require two separate sets of warp and filling yarns.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: place made
content: United States
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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 Dr. Clara Southmayd Ludlow
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: TE.H12765
label: catalog number
content: H012765.000
label: accession number
content: 053657
label: accession number
content: 53657
objectType: label: Object Name
content: coverlet, geometric
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: double weave (overall production method/technique)
label: Physical Description
content: cotton and wool (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 92 1/2 in x 82 in; 234.95 cm x 208.28 cm