Coverlet fragment, overshot; Late 18th C?
date: label: date made
content: late 18th C?
notes: label: Description
content: Fragment of a 4 harness overshot coverlet weave with linen warp and tabby, weft-figured tan and brown wool yarns. The linen warp shows its great age. From Mrs. Eliza Calvert Hall Obenchain.
label: Description
content: Because of the donor, Mrs. Allen's, importance in teaching and preserving early handweaving, and the use of materials she collected in books on the subject, NMAH should keep the fragments she donated in the collection, as part of the national woven 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
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Gift of Laura M. Allen
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: TE.T04788.000
label: catalog number
content: T04788.000
label: accession number
content: 71965
objectType: label: Object Name
content: coverlet fragment
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: linen, wool (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: overshot (overall production method/technique)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 18 in x 7 in; 45.72 cm x 17.78 cm