Andrew Kump; coverlet, Jacquard, tied-Beiderwand; 1836, Pennyslvania
date: label: Date made
content: 1836
name: label: weaver
content: Kump, Andrew
notes: label: Description
content: This Jacquard, red, white, blue & green, tied-Beiderwand coverlet came from the workshop of Andrew Kump (1811-1868). Kump worked in Hanover, York County, Pennsylvania, but advertised in Northern Maryland as well as Pennsylvania. Kump employed another weaver named Valentine Cook. Kump evidently retired from coverlet weaving, because in 1855, William Gernand advertised that he had recently purchased Kump’s equipment and inventory.
label: Description
content: This coverlet measures 76x90 inches with fringe on 3 sides. It was woven in two sections from wool and cotton yarns and seamed up the middle with a whip stitch. The side and bottom double borders feature doubled eight-pointed stars and laurel branches. The centerfield design is the common “Double Lily and Starburst” carpet medallion pattern. The words "Andrew Kump Hanover" are woven into two corners, along with the date 1836, and the letters "G.E." There is an interesting error where the side borders and corner blocks meet. Kump’s extant coverlets date from 1834-1853, and this would have been just a few years into his use of the Jacquard attachment.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
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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 Rebecca E. Everly
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: TE.T8955
label: catalog number
content: T08955.000
label: accession number
content: 164228
objectType: label: Object Name
content: coverlet, figured
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: jacquard (overall production method/technique)
label: Physical Description
content: double lily and starburst (center pattern)
label: Physical Description
content: tied-Beiderwand (overall production method/technique)
label: Physical Description
content: red, white (overall color)
label: Physical Description
content: white (overall color)
label: Physical Description
content: cotton, wool (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: green (overall color)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 90 in x 76 in; 228.6 cm x 193.04 cm