Overshot coverlet, "Double Bow Knot", ca. 1867
date: label: Date made
content: 1867
label: Date made
content: about1867
label: date made
content: about 1867
notes: label: Description
content: Blue and white overshot coverlet woven in a Double Bow Knot design. finished on one end with with fringe formed by cotton warp. This coverlet was owned by the donor's mother, Mary Josephine Bishop (Mrs. W.W. Fierce). Mary Josephine Bishop was born c 1848 in Wilksville, OH and married William Wallace Fierce. She died June 26, 1924, in Washington, DC.
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content: Home and Community Life: Textiles
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content: Coverlets
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Gift of Miss Maude M. Fierce
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: TE.T7849
label: catalog number
content: T7849
label: catalog number
content: T.7849
label: accession number
content: 141189
objectType: label: Object Name
content: coverlet, overshot
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: cotton, wool (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: overshot (overall production method/technique)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 82 in x 62 1/2 in; 208.28 cm x 158.75 cm