Geometric double-cloth coverlet; c.1810-1830; Andalusia, Spain
date: label: date made
content: 1804-1840
label: date made
content: 1810-1830
notes: label: Description
content: This double-woven geometric coverlet features a diamond centerfield and border with elaborate fringe. Woven in Andalusia, Spain in the early decades of the 19th century with pink and red yarns, this coverlet is composed of two sections with center seam. The long, elaborate fringe is attached to the coverlet body via a woven tape which gives the bottom corners a rounded appearance. The centerfield and deep border patterns are geometric and diamond in nature and evocative of Moorish-influenced, Southern Spanish tastes.
label: Description
content: The yarns are all either S-spun wool singles in pink and red or three-ply, S-twist, Z-spun unbleached cotton. Curator emerita, Rita Androsko acquired this piece from French textile curator, Jean Pilisi in the 1960s when the National Museum of American History was the Museum of Art and Industry. This Spanish, Jacquard-woven coverlet was collected as a rare example of international coverlet weaving and as a piece for comparative study with the growing American coverlet collection.
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
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: TE.T13986
label: catalog number
content: T13986.000
label: accession number
content: 269348
objectType: label: Object Name
content: coverlet, geometric
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: geometric (overall pattern)
label: Physical Description
content: Jacquard, double weave (overall production method/technique)
label: Physical Description
content: pink, red (overall color)
label: Physical Description
content: applied cotton fringe (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: wool (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 90 in x 77 in; 228.6 cm x 195.58 cm