Overshot "Snail Trail" Coverlet, Maryland; 19th C.
date: label: Date made
content: 19th century
name: label: maker
content: Parker, Luara Catherine Farlow
notes: label: Description
content: Overshot, red and white coverlet woven in the Snails Trail pattern--fringe on three sides. Said to be woven by the donors grandmother in Parsonsburg, Maryland.
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content: Home and Community Life: Textiles
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content: Coverlets
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Gift of Robert P. Fondes and Helen K. Fondes in loving memory of our mother Tabitha Parker Fondes (1889-1988) and her mother.
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: 1989.0609.001
label: accession number
content: 1989.0609
label: catalog number
content: 1989.0609.01
objectType: label: Object Name
content: Coverlet, overshot
label: Object Type
content: coverlets
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: overshot (overall production method/technique)
label: Physical Description
content: snail trail (overall pattern)
label: Physical Description
content: red (overall color)
label: Physical Description
content: white (overall color)
label: Physical Description
content: wool (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: cotton (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 83 in x 66 in; 210.82 cm x 167.64 cm