Coverlet; diamond twill weave; 1800-1850
date: label: date made
content: 19th cnetury
label: date made
content: c. 1800-1850
name: label: maker
content: unknown
notes: label: Description
content: This red, white, and blue coverlet was woven in a diamond twill weave pattern with reverse twill borders along three sides. The pattern consists of a check of one a quarter white blocks alternating with two and a half blocks of the red and blue combined. The blocks were carefully planned so that the white blocks consist of one diamond and the red-blue blocks consists of five diamond. The borders are striped similar to a herringbone twill. The white yarns are cotton, and red and blue yarns are wool. All of the yarns are 2-ply, Z-twist, S-spun. The coverlet measures 84 inches by 70 inches. This coverlet was likely woven in the first half of the nineteenth century.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: place made
content: United States
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content: Home and Community Life: Textiles
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content: Coverlets
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content: Textiles
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Gift of Lt. Col. and Mrs. H. L. Jennerson
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: TE.T15239
label: catalog number
content: T15239.000
label: accession number
content: 291105
objectType: label: Object Name
content: coverlet, twill
label: Object Name
content: coverlet
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: diamond twill weave (overall production method/technique)
label: Physical Description
content: red, blue (overall color)
label: Physical Description
content: natural (overall color)
label: Physical Description
content: checked (overall pattern)
label: Physical Description
content: wool (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: cotton (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 84 in x 70 1/2 in; 213.36 cm x 179.07 cm