Overshot Coverlet panel; 19th century
date: label: date made
content: 19th century
notes: label: Description
content: This blue & white, cotton and wool, overshot coverlet was executed in a "Rose" pattern. This is one panel of a coverlet which has had the center seam removed either due to use and age or as a result of Colonial Revival repurposing as curtains or portieres. The other half is T11168-A. This section has a center seam, and three finished seams. There is one hemmed edge, and there are two selvedges. The coverlet has a small overall design, sometimes known as Roses.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: place made
content: United States
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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 Alice Toole Barnes
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: TE.T11168B
label: catalog number
content: T11168.00B
label: accession number
content: 204487
objectType: label: Object Name
content: coverlet panel, overshot
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: overshot (overall production method/technique)
label: Physical Description
content: roses (overall pattern)
label: Physical Description
content: blue (overall color)
label: Physical Description
content: natural (overall color)
label: Physical Description
content: cotton (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 46 in x 60 in; 116.84 cm x 152.4 cm