coverlet; overshot; "Star and Table;" 1875-1900; Pennsylvania
date: label: date made
content: 1875-1900
name: label: maker
content: unknown
notes: label: Description
content: This red, blue, white, and green overshot coverlet woven with cotton and wool yarns was woven in Pennsylvania by the donor’s grandmother in Martinsburg, Pennsylvania. The donor’s grandmother died in 1943 at the age of 83, meaning that this coverlet was likely woven sometime in the last quarter of the nineteenth century. The pattern is "Star and Table" and similar to both the “Granite State" and "King’s Flower” patterns. The coverlet was woven as one length, cut, folded back on itself, and cotton thread was used to sew the center seam, and to attach the tape fringe.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: place made
content: United States: Pennsylvania, Martinsburg
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content: Home and Community Life: Textiles
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content: Coverlets
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content: Domestic Furnishings
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content: Textiles
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Gift of Miss M. Thelma Myers
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: TE.T14531
label: catalog number
content: T14531.000
label: accession number
content: 277451
objectType: label: Object Name
content: coverlet, overshot
label: Object Name
content: coverlet
label: Object Name
content: overshot
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: overshot (overall production method/technique)
label: Physical Description
content: red (overall color)
label: Physical Description
content: blue (overall color)
label: Physical Description
content: green (overall color)
label: Physical Description
content: white (overall color)
label: Physical Description
content: wool (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: cotton (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 86 in x 71 in; 218.44 cm x 180.34 cm