Sample or fragment of an overshot coverlet
notes: label: Description
content: Portion of hand woven overshot weave coverlet. Made of homespun yarns with the plain weave or "tabby" foundation of cotton and the pattern weaving in a variation of "A Patch-pattern from Virginia" formed by "skips' or "floats" of the weft material--red, green, and indigo dyed wool yarns. See "Queens Delight" # 29 in Lou Tate's Kentucky Coverlets, p. 16
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content: Home and Community Life: Textiles
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content: Coverlets
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Gift of Miss Ruth M. Brenner
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: TE.T07586
label: accession number
content: 131174
objectType: label: Object Name
content: coverlet sample
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: cotton, wool (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: overshot (overall production method/technique)