Sam Gamble?, "King's Flower" overshot coverlet, 1832, Kentucky
date: label: date made
content: 1832
name: label: maker
content: unknown
notes: label: Description
content: A "King's Flower" pattern, Overshot coverlet; attributed to Sam Gamble, of Glasgow, Kentucky. Blue and white overshot-woven, two panel, center-seamed coverlet. The coverlet is made of a 2-ply, white or unbleached, cotton for both the warp and weft and the supplementary weft float patterning was created by using blue indigo-dyed Z-spun single wool. The letters '"B S" and the date 1832, are embroidered on the coverlet in crossstitch with 2-ply, linen thread and almost certainly represent the initals of the owner, not the weaver. The coverlet has an overshot-panel fringe, which is uncommon.
label: Description
content: John W. Heisey and Eliza Calvertt Hall both record Samuel Gamble as active in Glasgow County, Kentucky between 1830-1844. The coverlets attributed to him are of overshot construction and usually without initials or dates. The marking on this coverlet were almost certainly done by the coverlet's owner after receiving it.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: place made
content: United States
label: place made
content: United States: Kentucky, Glasgow
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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 Eileen Berman and Madeline Miller in memory of Rosalyn Reich
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: 2011.0148.05
label: accession number
content: 2011.0148
label: catalog number
content: 2011.0148.05
objectType: label: Object Name
content: coverlet, overshot
label: Object Name
content: coverlet
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: wool (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: overshot (overall production method/technique)
label: Physical Description
content: King's Flower (overall pattern)
label: Physical Description
content: cotton (seam thread material)
label: Physical Description
content: linen (embroidery thread material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 90 in x 50 in; 228.6 cm x 127 cm