Charles Wiand Jacquard single weave Coverlet; Pennsylvania, 1843
date: label: Date made
content: 1843
name: label: referenced
content: Town, Allen
label: weaver
content: Wiand, Charles
notes: label: Description
content: This 19th century single-woven jacquard coverlet was woven by Charles Wiand who worked in Allentown and Trexlertown, Pennsylvania in the 1840s. The design is a sylized flower design in red, blue, and green wool and white cotton. The border is an Oak tree and flower design. The coverlet does not have a center seam. Two sides of the coverlet have a finished edges with an extremely short frienge. The other two side, are finished with a piece of brown fabric tape, sewn in place with a sewing machine. The date, "1843" and "C. Wiand are woven in to two corners of the coverlet. Charles Wiand was born c. 1818 in PA. He married Mary Bittner (c. 1814 - 1880). In the 1850 census for Allentown, Lehigh Co, PA, Charles is listed as a weaver and John Kramlich a 45 year old weaver is living with his family. In the 1880 census he is living with his daughter Eliza Wiand Wasser and is listed as a blanket weaver. He died ca. 1880.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: place made
content: United States: Pennsylvania
label: place made
content: United States: Pennsylvania, Allentown
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content: Home and Community Life: Textiles
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content: Coverlets
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Gift of Mrs. Margaret L. Miller
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: TE.T13796
label: catalog number
content: T13796.000
label: accession number
content: 263867
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: tulips (center pattern)
label: Physical Description
content: red (overall color)
label: Physical Description
content: white (overall color)
label: Physical Description
content: blue (overall color)
label: Physical Description
content: green (overall color)
label: Physical Description
content: wool (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: cotton (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 64 in x 62 in; 162.56 cm x 157.48 cm