Birdseye twill weave coverlet fragment, 19th century
date: label: date made
content: 19th century
notes: label: Description
content: Multi-colored coverlet fragment, woven in a plaid, with a birdseye weave. It is made with blue and cold z-twist single wool yarns in the warp and weft, and single ply z twist cotton yarns in the warp and weft. Some 3 ply cotton yarns are also seen in the fragment. The yarn count is 27 x 32. The repeat is 4 1/2 inches by 4 1/2 inches. There is a 3/8 inch hem stitched with blue yarn.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
setName: label: See more items in
content: Home and Community Life: Textiles
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content: Coverlets
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Anonymous gift
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: TE.T16866.000
label: catalog number
content: T16866.000
label: accession number
content: 310652
objectType: label: Object Name
content: coverlet, fragment
label: Object Name
content: coverlet fragment, twill
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: cotton, wool (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: broken will weave (overall production method/technique)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 24 in x 16 in; 60.96 cm x 40.64 cm