Fragment or weave sample of an overshot coverlet
date: label: Date made
content: 1787
label: date made
content: first half 19th century
notes: label: Description (Brief)
content: Fragment of or weave sample for a blue and white overshot coverlet woven in Governor Garden design on 4 harness loom. The donor, Mrs. Laura M. Allen, was Director of Weaving in Mechanics' Institute, Rochester, N.Y.
label: Description (Brief)
content: Because of the donor, Mrs. Allen's, importance in teaching and preserving early handweaving, and the use of materials she collected in books on the subject, NMAH should keep the fragments she donated in the collection, as part of the national woven coverlet collection.
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content: Home and Community Life: Textiles
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content: Coverlets
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Gift of Laura M. Allen
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: TE.T4896
label: catalog number
content: T04896.000
label: accession number
content: 288874
label: accession number
content: 71965
objectType: label: Object Name
content: coverlet fragment, overshot
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: indigo (overall color)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 18 1/2 in x 16 1/2 in; 46.99 cm x 41.91 cm