Fragment of a geometric double-cloth coverlet
date: label: date made
content: 19th century
notes: label: Description
content: Red, white, and blue, cotton and wool, geometric double-woven with a plain weave coverlet fragment. White yarns are 2 ply, z twist cotton and the red and blue yarns are 2 ply z twist wool. The pattern is a variation of a "snowball" design with rows of squares alternating with rows of checkerboard squares. Portions of the fragment contains border pattern, which uses forms from the main pattern
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: place made
content: United States
setName: label: See more items in
content: Home and Community Life: Textiles
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content: Coverlets
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Anonymous gift
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: TE.T16872.000
label: catalog number
content: T16872.000
label: accession number
content: 310652
objectType: label: Object Name
content: coverlet fragment, geometric
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: cotton, wool (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 31 in x 11 in; 78.74 cm x 27.94 cm