Geometric Double-cloth Coverlet, ca. 1846
date: label: date made
content: ca 1846
name: label: maker
content: unknown
notes: label: Description
content: This double-woven wool coverlet has borders on three sides. The lower edge has a double border, while the two sides, have triple borders. In both cases the borders feature a variation of the "Pine Tree" motif. The lower edge has a cut self fringe, while the sides have an uncut self fringe. The center of the coverlet features a pattern similar to the "Irish Chain" pattern found in quilting. It is believed this coverlet was made in Pennsylvania in the mid-1840s. Coverlets such as this were highly valued possessions. They would have been mentioned in household inventories, and acquired for a young woman's dowry or hope chest.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: place woven
content: United States: Pennsylvania
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content: Home and Community Life: Textiles
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content: Coverlets
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content: Domestic Furnishings
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content: Textiles
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Gift of Mrs. Mary F. Sargent
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: TE.T10097
label: catalog number
content: T10097.000
label: accession number
content: 060464
objectType: label: Object Name
content: coverlet
label: Object Name
content: coverlet, geometric
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: double weave (overall production method/technique)
label: Physical Description
content: wool (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 79 1/2 in x 70 in; 201.93 cm x 177.8 cm