Coverlet, turned twill; Pennsylvania; 19th C.
date: label: date made
content: 19th century
notes: label: Description
content: A nineteenth-century, Pennsylvania weaver wove this red, blue, and green, all-wool, turned twill woven coverlet. The turned twill pattern forms a squared off design with diamond twill sections. There is self-fringe along three sides. The coverlet was constructed of two panels, woven as one length, cut, and seamed together to create the finished width. The coverlet measures 92 inches by 74 inches.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: place made
content: United States: Pennsylvania
label: Associated Place
content: United States: Pennsylvania, Myerstown
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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 Luella M. Moyer
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: TE.T11624
label: catalog number
content: T11624.000
label: accession number
content: 221533
objectType: label: Object Name
content: coverlet, twill
label: Object Name
content: coverlet
label: Object Name
content: turned twill
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: turned twill (overall production method/technique)
label: Physical Description
content: blue, green (overall color)
label: Physical Description
content: diamond twill/bird's eye (overall pattern)
label: Physical Description
content: wool (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 92 in x 74 in; 233.68 cm x 187.96 cm