Coverlet fragment, weft striped, late 18th century?
date: label: date made
content: late 18th century
label: date made
content: late 18th century ?
notes: label: Description
content: Weft-faced plain weave fragment of a coverlet with one selvage. Weft-faced plain weave in which alternate weft colors are densely packed to from vertical stripes in blocks. The coverlet was made of single ply z-twist pale yellow linen and the weft is red, indigo and pale yellow single ply z twist wool. The linen warp is completely covered by the weft. It is so unusual to have a hidden linen warp in a color, that the cataloger wondered if the piece was dipped in yellow dye after it was made.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
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content: Home and Community Life: Textiles
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content: Coverlets
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Gift of Mrs. Helene Bress
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: 1979.1217.01
label: accession number
content: 1979.1217
label: catalog number
content: 1979.1217.01
objectType: label: Object Name
content: Coverlet
label: Object Name
content: coverlet fragment
label: Object Type
content: coverlets
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: plain weave, weft-faced (overall production method/technique)
label: Physical Description
content: yellow (overall color)
label: Physical Description
content: blue (overall color)
label: Physical Description
content: red (overall color)
label: Physical Description
content: linen (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: wool (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 15 1/4 in x 16 in; 38.735 cm x 40.64 cm