Sarah & Henry LaTourette jacquard coverlet panel; Indiana
date: label: Date made
content: 1858
label: Date made
content: 1850
name: label: referenced
content: LaTourette, Sarah
label: maker
content: LaTourette, Sarah
label: maker
content: LaTourette, Henry
notes: label: Description
content: Blue and white Jacquard double-woven coverlet featuring borders with birds perched in trees, along with urns and"cathedrals". The center of the coverlet features medallions and flowers, along with a "Star and Rose" pattern. This coverlet was made by either Sarah or Henry La Tourette. Sarah and Henry LaTourette were brother and sister and the children of John LaTourette of Fountain County, Indiana. John LaTourette was a coverlet weaver also. After he died his children continued to use his trademark (a flower in the corner). To distinguish their work from his, they placed the word 'Year" above the flower. Since Henry and Sarah used the same trademark, it is impossible to known which coverlets were made by Sarah, and which were made by Henry. The date 1850, also appears in the corner. This is a coverlet in two pieces.They are 2734 A and 2734 B. The two pieces were never sewn together.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: place made
content: United States: Indiana
setName: label: See more items in
content: Home and Community Life: Textiles
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content: Coverlets
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: TE.T2734.A
label: catalog number
content: T002734A
label: accession number
content: 58524
objectType: label: Object Name
content: coverlet panel
label: Object Name
content: coverlet panel, figured
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: double weave (overall production method/technique)
label: Physical Description
content: star and rose (overall pattern)
label: Physical Description
content: blue, natural (overall color)
label: Physical Description
content: cotton, wool (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 92 in x 80 in; 233.68 cm x 203.2 cm