Coverlet; Figured and Fancy, double cloth; 1817; New York
date: label: date made
content: 1817-12-02
label: date made
content: 1817
name: label: owner
content: Loper, Sarah Bishop
label: maker
content: unknown
notes: label: Description
content: This Figured and Fancy, double cloth coverlet was woven for Sally Loper in Westbury, Long Island, New York in 1817. This is the oldest known dated Figured and Fancy coverlet. The centerfield design is composed of rows of pine trees and tulips. The borders found on all four sides were created from directional fractional reductions of the centerfield motifs. The name of the owner Sally Loper, and the date, December 2, 1817, are woven into the upper right hand corner. The place, Westbury, Long Island, is also woven opposite the name. The coverlet measures 88.5 inches by 81 inches and was constructed from two panels woven as one length, cut, and seamed up the middle. Sarah (Sally) Bishop Loper (b. 1780) was married to Luther Loper (b. 1780). The coverlet passed to their daughter, Elmirah Jane Loper Pine, her daughter, Edna Pine Dunning, and finally to her daughter, the donor, Jane Dunning Dirks.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: place made
content: United States: New York, Westbury
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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. Jane Dunning Dirks
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: TE.T15535
label: catalog number
content: T15535.000
label: accession number
content: 294367
objectType: label: Object Name
content: coverlet, figured
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: cotton, wool (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: Figured and Fancy (overall style)
label: Physical Description
content: double cloth (overall production method/technique)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 88 1/2 in x 81 in; 224.79 cm x 205.74 cm