Fragment of coverlet woven by Betsy Rice; Virginia, 1885
date: label: date made
content: 1885
notes: label: Description
content: Fragment of a coverlet - 4-harness weave with fine cotton yarn warp and weft, and red and black wool weft forming an overshot block pattern. Woven in 1885 by Mrs. Betsy Rice, VA.
label: Description
content: Because of the donor, Mrs. Allen's, importance in teaching and preserving early handweaving, and the use of materials she collected in books on the subject, NMAH should keep the fragments she donated in the collection, as part of the national woven coverlet collection.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: place made
content: United States: Virginia
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content: Home and Community Life: Textiles
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content: Coverlets
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Gift of Mrs. Laura M. Allen
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: TE.T05656.000
label: catalog number
content: T05656.000
label: accession number
content: 93193
objectType: label: Object Name
content: coverlet fragment
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: cotton, wool (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: overshot (overall production method/technique)