Geometric Double-cloth coverlet; Tennessee, 19th C.
date: label: date made
content: 19th century
notes: label: Description
content: Red, white and blue, double-weave geometric coverlet. Layer one: 2-ply, s twist blue and red wool, warp and weft. The second layer is 2 ply , s twist, white cotton. The coverlet was woven in 2 sections, seamed together down the center. The pattern is a checked block pattern whose motifs are joined by chain link like figures there is a deep border along the sides and the lower edge. According to the donor, this coverlet was originally owned by Mrs. Sarah Franklin Brown, grandmother of the donor, who lived in Washington County, Tenn. (Post office Telford, just below Jonesboro) in the Southern Highlands.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: place made
content: United States: Tennessee
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content: Home and Community Life: Textiles
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content: Coverlets
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Gift of Miss Monnie Elizabeth Brown
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: TE.T16888
label: catalog number
content: T16888.00S
label: accession number
content: 308471
objectType: label: Object Name
content: Coverlet
label: Object Name
content: coverlet, geometric
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: wool, cotton (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: geometric (overall style)
label: Physical Description
content: double weave (overall production method/technique)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 82 1/2 in x 70 1/4 in; 209.55 cm x 178.435 cm