Valine Hulbert; coverlet; overshot; "Double Chariot Wheels;" 1825-1875; New York
date: label: date made
content: mid 19th century
notes: label: Description
content: The donor’s grandmother, Valine Hulbert of Oak Hill, Livingston County, New York wove this blue and white, overshot coverlet sometime in the mid-nineteenth century. More research is needed to determine Hulbert’s life dates, and the name, Valine appears to possibly be her middle name. The pattern is most commonly referred to as “Double Chariot Wheel” or “Church Windows” with table. The white yarns are 2-ply, S-twist, Z-spun cotton, the blue yarns are Z-spun wool singles. The coverlet is woven in two panels, each 37.5 inches wide. The panels were sewn together by hand. There is a self-fringe on 3 sides of the coverlet. Overshot coverlets like this one could be made at the home on a simple four-shaft looms and allowed women with the skills to use their family’s raw materials to create decorative bedcoverings, saving money for the purchase of goods the family could not produce on their own.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: place made
content: United States: New York, Livingston
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content: Home and Community Life: Textiles
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content: Coverlets
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content: Textiles
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Gift of Royal H.Trembly
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: TE.T13229
label: catalog number
content: T13229.000
label: accession number
content: 251666
objectType: label: Object Name
content: coverlet, overshot
label: Object Name
content: coverlet
label: Object Name
content: overshot
label: Object Name
content: coverlet, overshot
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: "Double Chariot Wheels" (overall pattern)
label: Physical Description
content: blue (overall color)
label: Physical Description
content: white (overall color)
label: Physical Description
content: wool (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: cotton (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: overshot (overall production method/technique)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 84 in x 75 in; 213.36 cm x 190.5 cm