Baby coverlet or coverlet fragment; Mrs. Kerrison
date: label: date made
content: 1920-1924
notes: label: Description
content: Coverlet fragment or panel in Eight-harness double weave of wool yarn in green and rose. The pattern is produced by groups of narrow warp and weft stripes.Donor notes say "Designed and woven by Mrs. Kerrison" but she is not identified further. (Perhaps a weaver in Rochester?). The accession file refers to this as a baby coverlet. The donor, Mrs. Laura M. Allen, was Director of Weaving in Mechanics' Institute, Rochester, N.Y.
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
setName: label: See more items in
content: Home and Community Life: Textiles
label: See more items in
content: Coverlets
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Gift of Laura M. Allen
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: TE.T04961.000
label: catalog number
content: T04961.000
label: accession number
content: 71965
objectType: label: Object Name
content: coverlet panel
label: Object Name
content: coverlet
physicalDescription: label: Measurements
content: overall: 13 1/2 in x 28 in; 34.29 cm x 71.12 cm