Emanuel Melly, Jacquard single woven Coverlet, Pennsylvania, 1838
date: label: date made
content: 1838
name: label: weaver
content: Meily, Emanuel
notes: label: Description
content: Emanuel Meily wove this coverlet in 1838. The coverlet is red, white, blue, and green, and is made of cotton and wool. It features a center design of sunburst medallions with lily wreaths. This design is sometimes called “Stars and Lilies.” The lower two corners contain the name of the weaver, Emanuel Meily, his county, Lebanon, Pennsylvania, and the date 1838. Emanuel Meily (about 1805—1869) was born in Lebanon, Pennsylvania, and had his weaving business there. According to Clarita S. Anderson in her book, <I> American Coverlets and Their Weavers</I>, there are two Emanuel Meileys listed in the 1840 census of Lebanon Co. One was a 60 to 70- year-old head of household, (no occupation given) and the other was a 30-to-40-year-old head of household engaged in “manufactures and trades.” The 1850 census lists an Emanuel “Meiley “ as a blue dyer, and the 1860 census lists an Emanuel “Meiley” as a 45 year-old laborer with real estate and personal property.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: place woven
content: United States: Pennsylvania, Lebanon
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content: Home and Community Life: Textiles
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content: Coverlets
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content: Textiles
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content: Domestic Furnishings
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Gift of Margaret Lee Gaver
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: TE.T16417
label: catalog number
content: T16417
label: accession number
content: 304266
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: single weave (overall production method/technique)
label: Physical Description
content: cotton, wool (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 79 in x 79 in; 200.66 cm x 200.66 cm