coverlet; Figured and Fancy, tied-Beiderwand
date: label: date made
content: 1845
name: label: maker
content: Fisher, Daniel
notes: label: Description
content: Daniel and Levi Fisher wove this blue and white, Figured and Fancy, 2:1 tied-Beiderwand coverlet for Alletha or Amanda Stephens in South Bend, Indiana in 1845. The A. Stephens named in the cornerblock is an ancestor of the donor, and the coverlet has passed down through the family. The centerfield design is made up of stylized sunburst and floral carpet medallions with “Distelfinken” (Thistle finch) and “Hom” (tree of life) borders along three sides. Two of the corners contain the woven inscription, “Daniel Fisher/ South Bend/ A Stephens/ 1845.” Daniel Fisher was born November 11, 1821 in Lebanon, Pennsylvania. He married Margaret Schuder (1827-1910) on December 17, 1846 in St. Joseph, IN. Daniel and Levi’s father moved the family west to help establish a textile mill in the South Bend area, and the brothers operated their own coverlet and carpet business from 1845-1855. Sometime between 1855 and 1857 he and his younger brother and business partner Levi Fisher moved to Yolo County, California. The Fisher family was one of the earliest white European settlers in the area and helped to transform the county into an agricultural powerhouse. Daniel died in Woodland, California on July 20, 1901.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: place made
content: United States: Indiana, South Bend
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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 Margaret C. Smith in memory of Ella Pauline Curtis Smith
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: 2009.0012.01
label: accession number
content: 2009.0012
objectType: label: Object Name
content: coverlet, figured
label: Object Name
content: coverlet
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: cotton, wool (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: tied-Beiderwand (overall production method/technique)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 85 in x 68 in; 215.9 cm x 172.72 cm