Overshot coverlet panel, Civil War era
date: label: Date made
content: 19th century
label: date made
content: mid 19th century
name: label: maker
content: unknown
notes: label: Description
content: Blue and white overshot coverlet panel or length. According to the donor, this coverlet was acquired whole during the Civil War by Union officer, Capt. Peter Stamats during General Sherman’s “March to the Sea.” Stamats took this coverlet from an evacuated enemy encampment. Stamats is a grandfather of the donor. This blue and white overshot coverlet panel was woven in a pattern similar to “Seven Stars.” When Capt. Stamats returned home, he separated the coverlet into panels and gave them to his three children. The panel measures 93 inches by 26.25 inches. All of the yarns, both the cotton ground warp and weft and the wool supplementary weft yarns are Z-spun singles. It is possible that this coverlet was produced by enslaved weavers.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
topic: label: Subject
content: Civil War
label: related event
content: Civil War
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content: Home and Community Life: Textiles
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content: Coverlets
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content: Domestic Furnishings
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content: Textiles
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Gift of Mrs. Helen G. Stillman
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: TE.T12724
label: catalog number
content: T12724.000
label: accession number
content: 238999
objectType: label: Object Name
content: coverlet panel, overshot
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: overshot (overall production method/technique)
label: Physical Description
content: seven stars (overall pattern)
label: Physical Description
content: indigo (overall color)
label: Physical Description
content: white (overall color)
label: Physical Description
content: wool (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: cotton (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 93 in x 26 5/16 in; 236.22 cm x 66.88658 cm