"Double Bowknot with Window Sashes" overshot coverlet; 19th centuryy
date: label: date made
content: 1800-1900
label: date made
content: 19th century
name: label: maker
content: unknown
notes: label: Description
content: Overshot coverlet woven with red, green and white cotton and wool yarn in a large "double bowknot with Window Sash" pattern. The white ground warp and weft (filling) yarns are white cotton, and the supplementary pattern weft yarns (red and green) are wool. Each repeat of the pattern is 18 inches by 20 inches. The coverlet is constructed of two panels, woven as one length, cut, and seamed together to create the finished width. This coverlet was woven sometime in the nineteenth century. There is little provenance information. Overshot coverlet weaving has been continual in the United States from colonial times through the present day and was usually associated with domestic production. This coverlet was purchased in New Jersey; however, it could have been woven from New England down through the South, where this pattern is commonly referred to as “Muscadine Hulls.”
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: place made
content: United States
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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 Mrs. Ester Ipp Schwartz (Mrs. Samuel)
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: TE.T18210
label: catalog number
content: T18210.000
label: accession number
content: 1977.0101
objectType: label: Object Name
content: coverlet, overshot
label: Object Name
content: coverlet, overshot
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: overshot (overall production method/technique)
label: Physical Description
content: cotton, wool (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 94 in x 66 in; 238.76 cm x 167.64 cm