Jacquard double-cloth Coverlet, Pennsylvania; 1840
date: label: date made
content: 1840
name: label: maker
content: unknown
notes: label: Description
content: According to the donor, John Riegel commissioned this coverlet in 1840, for his daughter, Eliza Riegel when she married Charles B. Daniel, one of the founders of Bethlehem Iron Co., which later became Bethlehem Steel. The coverlet is made of cotton and wool, and is Jacquard double-woven. It features a design of lilies, stars, birds,
label: Description
content: and trees, and is striped with red, white, and dark and light blue rows. The name "John Riegel" and the date "1840," appear in each of the lower corners.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: place made
content: United States: Pennsylvania
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content: Home and Community Life: Textiles
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content: Coverlets
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content: Textiles
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content: Domestic Furnishings
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Gift of Dorothea de Schweinitz
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: TE.T17895
label: catalog number
content: T17895.000
label: accession number
content: 319093
objectType: label: Object Name
content: coverlet
label: Object Name
content: coverlet, figured
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: Jacquard (overall production method/technique)
label: Physical Description
content: single weave (overall production method/technique)
label: Physical Description
content: cotton (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