"Agriculture and Industry" coverlet, Figured and Fancy; double-cloth; 1836; New York
date: label: date made
content: 1836
name: label: maker
content: Collings, C.
notes: label: Description
content: An unknown weaver created this red and white, Figured and Fancy, double-cloth coverlet featuring a “Double Rose” with a dotted ground centerfield, commonly found in New York coverlets. There are eagles, stars, Masonic symbols, and Federal-style buildings repeated in all four borders. These words are woven into to each corner, “AGRICULTURE & MANUFACTURES, ARE THE FOUNDATION OF OUR INDEPENDENCE July 4, 1836.” This cotton and wool, double-woven Jacquard coverlet was made for C. Collings in 1836 in New York State. This coverlet design has been replicated numerous times dated from 1824-1840 and appears in major museums across the country. This design was initially associated with weaver, James Alexander of New York, but the consensus has changed. This group of coverlets was possibly woven by more than one weaver whose identities have not been found. The floral medallions harken back to Scottish and English double-woven, ingrain carpet designs. See also, T16116 and T18131.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: place woven
content: United States: New York
topic: label: depicted
content: Freemasonry
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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. Charles Nagel
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: TE.T14962
label: catalog number
content: T14962.000
label: accession number
content: 285502
objectType: label: Object Name
content: coverlet, figured
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: cotton, wool (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: "Double Tulip" (overall pattern)
label: Physical Description
content: Figured and Fancy (overall style)
label: Physical Description
content: double cloth (overall production method/technique)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 94 in x 78 in; 238.76 cm x 198.12 cm