Henry Keener Jacquard Beiderwand coverlet, 1843, Pennsylvania
date: label: date made
content: 1843
name: label: maker
content: Keener, Henry
notes: label: Description
content: Henry Keener wove this coverlet in 1843 in the town of Womelsdorf, Pennsylvania. It is Jacquard single-woven, and made of cotton and wool yarns. The center of the coverlet features a large medallion design rimmed by tulip-like flowers, and framed by large leaves and small tulip-like forms. Scroll-like forms fill the space between the large motifs. The border consists of two parts. The inner band consists of leaves and rosettes, and the outer one combines tulip flowers with scalloped swags and dots. The lower corners contain the words “HENRY KEENER/WOMELSDORF/1843” and the initial “M” and the name “HAINE.” Henry Keener was born January 5, 1812 and married Anna Maria Wilhem on December 22, 1833. He died September 10, 1895.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
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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 Capt. Kerfoot B. Smith, USN (Ret.)
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: TE.T15006
label: catalog number
content: T15006.000
label: accession number
content: 286879
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: biederwand (overall production method/technique)
label: Physical Description
content: cotton, wool (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 96 in x 84 1/2 in; 243.84 cm x 214.63 cm