Southern Appalachian Crafts Overshot Coverlet; ca. 1970
date: label: date made
content: 1973?
notes: label: Description
content: Southern Appalachian Crafts Overshot Coverlet; ca. 1970. This is a 4-shaft overshot coverlet, woven in red, black and white. Warp z twist, 2 ply white cellulosic, ground weft z twist single(?) of white cellulosic, pattern weft s-twist, 2 ply (?) of red and back wool (?) The pattern is a "sunrise" or "blooming leaf" figure between tables or squares (see pp 68, 179, 181 in the The shuttle-craft Book by Atwater for a similar coverlet) sunrise patterns Repeat unit is 10 1/4 x 9 1/4. The coverlet is composed of two 39.5 wide lengths which are machine stitched together then hand overcast.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: place made
content: United States: North Carolina
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content: Home and Community Life: Textiles
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content: Coverlets
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: TE.E301219.02
label: catalog number
content: E301219.002
objectType: label: Object Name
content: Coverlet
label: Object Name
content: coverlet, overshot
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: overshot (overall production method/technique)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 106 in x 79 in; 269.24 cm x 200.66 cm