William Henry Harrison Rose (Weaver Rose); coverlet; overshot; c. 1903; Rhode Island
date: label: date made
content: c. 1903
name: label: maker
content: Rose, William Henry Harrison
notes: label: Description
content: William Henry Harrison Rose (1839-1913), better known as Weaver Rose, of Kingston, Rhode Island wove this brown, red, and white overshot coverlet in “Governor’ Garden” pattern variation. Mrs. Minnie Kolbe Curtice purchased the coverlet and a pillow cover (T.10271) from his weaving workshop in 1903 for five dollars. The coverlet measures 81 inches by 72 inches and was constructed from two panels. Rose and his sister were among a handful of handloom weavers still weaving at the turn of the twentieth century. Handicraft Revival pioneers like Marguerite Davison collected traditional patterns from the Rose siblings as well as the women of Southern Appalachia and launched the handloom weaving revival that still exists to this day.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: place made
content: United States: Rhode Island, Kingston
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content: Home and Community Life: Textiles
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content: Coverlets
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content: Textiles
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Gift of Mrs. Helen C. Cooley through Mrs. R. C. Butts
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: TE.T10270
label: catalog number
content: T10270.000
label: accession number
content: 139516
objectType: label: Object Name
content: coverlet, overshot
label: Object Name
content: coverlet
label: Object Type
content: Governors Garden
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: overshot (overall production method/technique)
label: Physical Description
content: governor's garden (overall pattern)
label: Physical Description
content: brown (overall color)
label: Physical Description
content: red (overall color)
label: Physical Description
content: wool (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: cotton (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 81 in x 72 in; 205.74 cm x 182.88 cm