Mary Martin; coverlet; overshot; 1815; Virginia
date: label: Date made
content: ca. 1815
name: label: maker
content: Martin, Mary
notes: label: Description
content: Mary Martin of Stewart, Virginia, just outside of Richmond, wove this green and red, wool and linen, overshot coverlet in 1815. The pattern she chose is known as “Lace and Compass.” Mary was the daughter or granddaughter of General Joseph Martin Jr. (1740-1808) a Revolutionary War hero. The coverlet was woven in single length on a hand loom, cut, and seamed up the center to form full width. The coverlet was acquired in Roanoke, Virginia.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
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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. Benjamin Turner
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: TE.T7138
label: catalog number
content: ?I7138.000
label: catalog number
content: T07138.000
label: accession number
content: 123565
objectType: label: Object Name
content: coverlet, overshot
label: Object Name
content: coverlet
label: Object Type
content: Lace and Compass
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: overshot (overall production method/technique)
label: Physical Description
content: lace and compass (overall pattern)
label: Physical Description
content: wool (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: cotton, linen (overall material)