Overshot Coverlet, all wool; Ohio, 1840-1860
date: label: date made
content: 1840-1860
name: label: maker
content: unknown
notes: label: Description
content: According to the donor of this coverlet, it first belonged to Mrs. Ferdinand O’Neal, who lived just outside Zanesville, Ohio. Her maiden name is believed to have been Wheeler, and in about 1863 she married Mr. O’Neal and moved to a home outside of Zanesville, known as “Greenwood.” Mrs. O’Neal passed the coverlet on to her daughter Marcella O’Neal, who passed it on to Martha Margaret O’Neal. The coverlet is made entirely of wool, and was probably woven between 1840 and 1860. It is an overshot weave, seamed together from two pieces. The pattern, of concentric circles linked by small squares giving the effect of a diagonal grid, is similar to one known as “Cup and Saucer.” The weaver is unknown.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: place woven
content: United States: Ohio
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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
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: 1993.0225.01
label: accession number
content: 1993.0225
label: catalog number
content: 1993.0225.01
objectType: label: Object Name
content: coverlet, overshot
label: Object Type
content: coverlets
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: overshot (overall production method/technique)
label: Physical Description
content: wool (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 82 in x 67 in; 208.28 cm x 170.18 cm