John Brosey jacquard coverlet, Lancaster County, PA; 1841
date: label: Date made
content: 1841
name: label: maker
content: Brosey, J.
notes: label: Description
content: Jacquard, single weave coverlet in very dark and medium blue, and red. Fringe on 3 sides. 1. (border) Triple Boston Town 2. (center) double rose, double tulip, sunburst. The coverlet has woven into it, J Brosey, 1841, M. Nissley, and the initials W.B. John Brosey, Sr. the maker was born December 5, 1789, and married Catharine Meyer in Manheim, Lancaster County, PA. He died February 17, 1863. His son John Brosey, Jr. was also a weaver. The coverlet was made for M[ary] Nissley. The initials "W. B." may stand for his son by that name who may have helped him. The design is in bands of red and dark blue patterning on a medium blue ground. The dark blue alternates 4-lobed leaf medallions with a sunburst. The red alternates the same 4-lobed leaf medallion with an 8-petal flower medallion. No side borders; no top border. Lower border with 2 narrow red bands and the inscription with maker and owner names and date.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: place made
content: United States: Pennsylvania, Lancaster
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content: Home and Community Life: Textiles
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content: Coverlets
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Oliver V. Bucklen (Jeanne Antoinette)
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: 1984.0247.01
label: catalog number
content: 1984.0247.01
label: accession number
content: 1984.0247
objectType: label: Object Name
content: Coverlet
label: Object Name
content: coverlet, figured
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: dark blue, medium blue (overall color)
label: Physical Description
content: red (overall color)
label: Physical Description
content: delete (overall color)
label: Physical Description
content: cotton (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: wool (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: boston town (border pattern)
label: Physical Description
content: double rose (center pattern)
label: Physical Description
content: tulips (center pattern)
label: Physical Description
content: sunburst (center pattern)