Catalpa Flower overshot coverlet, early 19th C.
date: label: Date made
content: early 19th century
notes: label: Description
content: Overshot weave, Indigo-dyed, dark blue wool and natural undyed cotton or linen coverlet in the Catalpa Flower pattern. This coverlet is woven in 3 sections. Two of the sections are 28" wide and one is 27" wide. The top and bottom edges are hemmed. The natural colored cotton or linen yarn, has darkened to dark tan over time. The blue wool is still strong in color. According to the donor, her mother wove this spread during her childhood, "before she was born." her parents raised the sheep, carded the wool, etc. In 1962 the donor estimated the coverlet to be 125 years old.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
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content: Home and Community Life: Textiles
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content: Coverlets
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Gift of Mrs. A. Hubert Cowgill
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: TE.T12749
label: catalog number
content: T12749.000
label: accession number
content: 239413
objectType: label: Object Name
content: coverlet, overshot
label: Object Name
content: overshot, coverlet
label: Object Name
content: Coverlet, overshot
label: Object Type
content: Catalpa Flower
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: overshot (overall production method/technique)
label: Physical Description
content: catalpa flower (overall pattern)
label: Physical Description
content: indigo (overall color)
label: Physical Description
content: black (overall color)
label: Physical Description
content: natural (overall color)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 93 in x 82 in; 236.22 cm x 208.28 cm