LaTourette Family; coverlet, Jacquard double-cloth; 1858; Indiana
date: label: date made
content: 1858
name: label: referenced
content: LaTourette, Sarah
label: maker
content: LaTourette, Sarah
label: maker
content: LaTourette, Henry
notes: label: Description
content: This blue and white, jacquard, double-woven coverlet was woven in two sections, each 37.25 inches wide. The total coverlet measures 97 7/8 inches by 74 ½ inches. The centerfield pattern is composed of stylized dogwood flower medallions interspersed with bellflower-inspired carpet tiles. The side borders feature an meandering vine with irises. The bottom border features a scrolling floral vine associated with the LaTourette family of Fountain City, Indiana. This attribution is further confirmed by the flower in the cornerblock, which is the trademark of the LaTourette family. The appearance of the word "Year" indicates it was woven by Sarah LaTourette, or her brother Henry. John LaTourette. John LaTourette, the family patriarch, was born into a New York/New Jersey, Huguenot weaving family in 1793. He and his wife, Sarah Schenck moved West after their marriage in 1816, moving from Ohio to Fountain County, Indiana in 1828. It is here where John established his weaving business and taught daughter Sarah (b. 1822) and son, Henry (b. 1832) the art of Jacquard weaving. John died in 1848, and his children carried on the family business, weaving their last coverlet in 1871.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: place made
content: United States: Indiana, Fountain county
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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
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: TE.T2735
label: catalog number
content: T02735.000
label: accession number
content: 58524
objectType: label: Object Name
content: coverlet, figured
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: jacquard, double weave (overall production method/technique)
label: Physical Description
content: cotton (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: wool (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 92 7/8 in x 74 1/2 in; 235.9025 cm x 189.23 cm
label: Measurements
content: fringe: 5 in; 12.7 cm