Geometric double-cloth coverlet; 1800-1825; Pennsylvania
date: label: date made
content: 1800-1900
label: date made
content: 19th century
label: date made
content: 1800-1825
name: label: maker
content: unknown
notes: label: Description
content: This red, blue, and white, geometric, double-cloth coverlet features a "Snowball" center field pattern with "Diamond" border. The design is similar to those found in John Landes' pattern book No. 51. (centerfield) and No. 57 (border). It was woven circa 1800-1825 almost certainly in Pennsylvania. The coverlet also features an applied red white and blue fringe attached with 2-ply blue linen thread. It is made up of two sections which were woven as one length and seamed with a 2-ply indigo blue linen thread. Although the accession file notes that Mrs. Miller, the donor, has information on the origin of the coverlet, no such information was included in the accession file. The top edge of the coverlet has a 1" wide, red-dyed, twill woven, woolen tape attached
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: place made
content: United States: Pennsylvania
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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
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Gift of Mrs. Margaret L. Miller
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: TE.T13795
label: catalog number
content: T13795.000
label: accession number
content: 263867
objectType: label: Object Name
content: coverlet, geometric
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: geometric (overall production method/technique)
label: Physical Description
content: double-cloth (overall production method/technique)
label: Physical Description
content: wool, cotton, linen (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: red, white, blue (overall color)
label: Physical Description
content: woven (overall production method/technique)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 90 in x 89 in; 228.6 cm x 226.06 cm
label: Measurements
content: fringe, bottom: 4 in; 10.16 cm
label: Measurements
content: fringe, side: 3 in; 7.62 cm