Jacquard coverlet fragment, St. Peters Church design, 19th c.
date: label: date made
content: 19th century
notes: label: Description
content: Jacquard coverlet fragment. The ground is loosely plain woven. The design is formed by floats in the A direction; starting at the bottom there is a horizontal band of flowers. In this band the flowers are stacked above and beside each other one deep. The flowers are half-blue and half white, none being all ground or completely formed from the blue design yarn. Above this band is a bulding, supposedly St. Peter's Church, since these words appear at each side of the building (one side reads backwards). The building has a large center dome and 2 smaller domes on each side. the words appear in a straight line at the top and bottom of the building. Above the building are two areas of flowers and leaves. They are mostly blue, while smaller delicate flowers are white.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
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: 1980.0367.01
label: accession number
content: 1980.0367
label: catalog number
content: 1980.0367.01
objectType: label: Object Name
content: coverlet fragment, figured
label: Object Type
content: jacquard coverlets
label: Object Type
content: coverlets
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: jacquard (overall production method/technique)
label: Physical Description
content: blue (overall color)
label: Physical Description
content: white (overall color)
label: Physical Description
content: double weave (overall production method/technique)
label: Physical Description
content: cotton (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: wool (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: medallion (center pattern)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 21 1/4 in x 15 3/4 in; 53.975 cm x 40.005 cm