Copp Family Overshot Coverlet; Connecticut; 1800-1825
date: label: date made
content: 1780-1810
label: date made
content: early 19th century
label: date made
content: 1800-1825
name: label: maker
content: unknown
notes: label: Description
content: This single-woven cotton and wool overshot coverlet was made in the early 19th century. It is part of the Copp Collection of costume and household textiles given to the Museum in the late 19th century. The coverlet was woven in two sections, which were sewn together. The patterns used are known as “Four Roses” and “Table,” and the coverlet is finished with a hand-woven wool fringe two and one-half inches deep. The center seam, fringe, and hems are all sewn with cotton thread. The weaver and the owner remain unknown. The Copps first arrived in America in 1635. By the 18th century, the descendents of the first Copps were living in Stonington, Connecticut, working as merchants and businessmen. They imported textiles for sale, and like other colonists, they engaged in some home production as well.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: place made
content: United States
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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 John Brenton Copp
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: TE.H6678
label: catalog number
content: H006678.000
label: accession number
content: 028810
objectType: label: Object Name
content: coverlet, overshot
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: overshot; fringed (overall production method/technique)
label: Physical Description
content: wool (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: cotton (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 90 in x 84 in; 228.6 cm x 213.36 cm