Overshot coverlet fragment
notes: label: Description
content: Fragment of a 4 harness, overshot weave made of handspun coarse cotton warp, 22 ends per inch and weft of the same; with wool weft yarns colored light and dark brown with vegetable dyes, the light shade no doubt, being extract of boiled butternut shucks, forming the overshot block pattern, made up of 2-inch squares, alternating a 16-block square with a square of 38 small rectangles.
label: Description
content: Because of the donor, Mrs. Allen's, importance in teaching and preserving early handweaving, and the use of materials she collected in books on the subject, NMAH should keep the fragments she donated in the collection, as part of the national woven coverlet collection.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
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content: Home and Community Life: Textiles
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content: Coverlets
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Gift of Mrs. Laura M. Allen
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: TE.T06763.000
label: catalog number
content: T06763.000
label: accession number
content: 110325
objectType: label: Object Name
content: coverlet fragment
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: cotton, wool (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: overshot (overall production method/technique)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 3 1/2 in x 9 in; 8.89 cm x 22.86 cm