coverlet; overshot; c. 1770; New England
date: label: date made
content: 1770-1790
label: date made
content: c. 1770
name: label: maker
content: unknown
notes: label: Description
content: This “Monk’s Belt,” orange, blue, brown, and white coverlet was repurposed during its life as the batting for a quilt. The pattern of this coverlet, known as “Monk’s Belt,” is a checkerboard repeat about five inches long and four inches wide, consisting of two, quarter-inch-wide blocks, with an inch-high horizontal band made up of stripes of blue/yellowish-tan/blue separating each row of blocks. The alternately woven yellow-tan and dark brown weft yarns create the block and stripe pattern. This coverlet was found inside an 18th-century quilt. It is believed to be one of the oldest coverlet in the collection--possibly as early as the 1770s. The coverlet measures 86 inches by 61 inches and was constructed from two panels. There are borders along three edges created from fractional reductions of the main pattern.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: place made
content: United States: New England
topic: label: Subject
content: Colonial Life
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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
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: TE.T14718
label: catalog number
content: T14718.00B
label: accession number
content: 281922
objectType: label: Object Name
content: coverlet
label: Object Name
content: coverlet, overshot
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: wool, linen (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: overshot (overall production method/technique)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 86 in x 59 1/2 in; 218.44 cm x 151.13 cm