Jacquard coverlet; Kentucky mill-woven?
date: label: date made
content: 1860-1880
notes: label: Description
content: Coverlet woth a large medallion center motif, within a "frame", surrounded by an over lapping petal shape. Deep borders consist of paired deer (in each corner), paired quail grapevines, and oak leaves with acorns, and a domed building (the U.S. Capitol ? A plain weave was used, and double layered pockets are present. There is a coarsely hand-hemmed top and bottom with a woven wool weft colored cut fringe (2.5 inches long). to match the wool wefts which form the side fringes. The wap is beige z twist cotton singles, and grey z twist cotton singles the weft is dull yellow green, brown red and dark blue, 2 ply z twist wool, and thick grey z twist, singles cotton. This coverlet may have been woven in a mill, in Kentucky.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: place made
content: United States: Kentucky
label: place made
content: United States: Kentucky, Campbellsville
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content: Home and Community Life: Textiles
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content: Coverlets
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Gift of Mrs. Marian S. Crays
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: TE.T16937
label: catalog number
content: T16937.000
label: accession number
content: 307804
objectType: label: Object Name
content: Coverlet
label: Object Name
content: coverlet, figured
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: double weave, jacquard (overall production method/technique)
label: Physical Description
content: medallion (center pattern)
label: Physical Description
content: red, natural (overall color)
label: Physical Description
content: cotton, wool (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: blue (overall color)
label: Physical Description
content: green (overall color)
label: Physical Description
content: brown (overall color)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 77 in x 71 in; 195.58 cm x 180.34 cm