White Jacquard coverlet; Figured and Fancy; 1800-1850
date: label: date made
content: first half 19th century
name: label: maker
content: unknown
notes: label: Description
content: Jacquard woven, white cotton and linen single weave coverlet. Unusual stylized vegetation in repeats of alternating stripes. One consists of stylized flowers in a footed 'bowl". the other has melon shaped vegetation coming out of another footed container. Repeat 12.5" x 16.5" w. Side borders are 6 3.4" deep and the lower border is 7 1/2" deep. There is a star motif in each of the lower corner boxes. The coverlet was purchased in Pennsylvania. It could have been made in Pennsylvania or Maryland. Andrew Krump of Hanover Pa. used some of the same motifs as seen in this coverlet. Ten other coverlets made of cotton and linen have been seen.
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
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Gift of Doris M. Bowman
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: 1985.0381.07
label: accession number
content: 1985.0381
label: catalog number
content: 1985.0381.07
objectType: label: Object Name
content: coverlet
label: Object Name
content: coverlet, figured
label: Object Type
content: coverlets
label: Object Type
content: jacquard coverlets
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: jacquard (overall production method/technique)
label: Physical Description
content: single weave (overall production method/technique)
label: Physical Description
content: white (overall color)
label: Physical Description
content: cotton (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: linen (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 82 in x 78 in; 208.28 cm x 198.12 cm