Samuel Stinger; coverlet; Jacquard; double-cloth; 1852; Indiana
date: label: Date made
content: 1852
name: label: weaver
content: Stinger, Samuel
notes: label: Description
content: The date 1852, and a large single star, surrounded by 24 smaller stars, appears in the two lower cornerblocks of this blue and white, Figured and Fancy, double-cloth coverlet. The overall pattern consists of stylized floral forms in medallion form, with a dotted ground. There are two borders present. The lower border is a meandering grapevine, and the side borders feature stylized Gothic buildings and flower baskets. There is a fringe along the lower edge. The star surrounded by stars is believed to be the mark of weaver Samuel Stinger of Indiana and Ohio. Samuel Stringer was born January 22, 1801, in Pennsylvania. He married ca. 1824 Christina Lindermood in Ohio. In 1835 he moved to Indiana. He died February 11, 1879, in Carthage, Rush Co. IN.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: place made
content: United States: Indiana, Rush
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content: Home and Community Life: Textiles
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content: Coverlets
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content: Textiles
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Gift of Miss Florence Blanche Hunt through Mrs. Thomas J. Doyle
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: TE.T13232
label: catalog number
content: T13232.000
label: accession number
content: 251662
objectType: label: Object Name
content: coverlet, figured
label: Object Name
content: coverlet
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: jacquard (overall production method/technique)
label: Physical Description
content: double cloth (overall production method/technique)
label: Physical Description
content: carpet medallion (center pattern)
label: Physical Description
content: blue (overall color)
label: Physical Description
content: white (overall color)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 81 1/2 in x 75 in; 207.01 cm x 190.5 cm