Durston family; coverlet; overshot; "Rose and Table;" 1800-1850; Pennsylvania
date: label: date made
content: late 18th early 19th century
name: label: maker
content: unknown
notes: label: Description
content: A member of the Durston family from Pennsylvania wove this all-wool, "Rose and Table," overshot coverlet sometime in the first half of the nineteenth century. The coverlet is made in 2 sections, which are stitched together with a center seam. The warp yarn is blue, 2-ply, s-twist, z-spun wool. The weft is a 2-ply, s-twist, z-spun medium indigo dyed blue, and the red is 2-ply, s twist, z-spun wool also. The ground weft is wool same as the warp. The coverlet measures 85 inches by 73 inches. Although not unknown, all-wool overshot coverlets are rare.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: place made
content: United States
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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 Mr. and Mrs. Thomas M. Durston
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: TE.T14026
label: catalog number
content: T14026.000
label: accession number
content: 270015
objectType: label: Object Name
content: coverlet, overshot
label: Object Name
content: coverlet, overshot
label: Object Name
content: coverlet
label: Object Name
content: overshot
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: overshot (overall production method/technique)
label: Physical Description
content: blue (overall color)
label: Physical Description
content: red (overall color)
label: Physical Description
content: wool (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 85 in x 73 in; 215.9 cm x 185.42 cm