John LaTourette; coverlet; Jacquard; double-cloth; 1842; Indiana
date: label: Date made
content: 1842
name: label: referenced
content: LaTourette, John
label: maker
content: LaTourette, John
notes: label: Description
content: This coverlet was woven by the LaTourette family, likely John LaTourette (1793-1849) in Fountain County, Indiana in 1842. John and his wife moved from New York and New Jersey first to Germantown, Ohio in 1816. The family moved again in 1828 to Fountain County, Indiana. By 1840, John had established a successful weaving business for himself and his family on their farm. John trained both his daughter Sarah (1822-1914) and son, Henry (1832-1892) to weave as well, and after John’s death in 1849 his children continued the thriving business until 1871. The family was of French Huguenot stock, migrating to New York at the end of the seventeenth century. This coverlet was woven in two panels on a hand loom with a Jacquard attachment. The family still possesses a photograph of the loom attachment sitting on the porch of the house in Indiana. The centerfield pattern is an elaborate floral carpet medallion arrangement. There are borders along three sides. The side borders feature flowering urns and floral motifs, and the lower border depicts scrolling floral designs. The LaTourette family all used the same rose cornerblock design. Sarah and Henry’s later coverlets incorporate the word “YEAR” in to the cornerblock designs differentiating them from those of their father.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: place made
content: United States: Indiana, Fountain
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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 Dr. Dorothy G. Howard
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: TE.T12816
label: catalog number
content: T12816.000
label: accession number
content: 242607
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: blue, white (overall color)
label: Physical Description
content: cotton, wool (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 94 in x 77 1/2 in; 238.76 cm x 196.85 cm