B. Vaneps Coverlet, Jacquard double-cloth, New York, 1838
date: label: date made
content: 1838
notes: label: Description
content: Blue and white, jacquard, double-woven coverlet woven in two 40 1/2 inch wide panels, and sewn together. the design features a modified version of "Lilies and Stars", with a "Tree and Eagles border." The lower corners bear the weaver's mark and the inscription "B. Vaneps,1838, Bethany, Genesee County, N.Y." The coverlet has an applied fringe finish on 3 edges.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
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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.T001636.Y
label: catalog number
content: T01636.00Y
label: accession number
content: 168536
objectType: label: Object Name
content: Coverlet
label: Object Name
content: coverlet, figured
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: jacquard (overall production method/technique)
label: Physical Description
content: double weave (overall production method/technique)
label: Physical Description
content: red (overall color)
label: Physical Description
content: green (overall color)
label: Physical Description
content: blue (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: 86 in x 81 in; 218.44 cm x 205.74 cm