Fragment of an Overshot coverlet
date: label: date made
content: 19th century
notes: label: Description (Brief)
content: Fragment of a coverlet with a red, grey and white overshot design done with a plain weave. Warp yarns are 2 ply single ztwist cotton and red and grey are single z twist wool. The yarn count is 34 x 55. The pattern is similar to "Whig Roses" in Heirlooms from Old Looms, page 32. The red and grey floats are set out in various squares and rectangles as well as a pattern of overlapping circles
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: place made
content: United States
setName: label: See more items in
content: Home and Community Life: Textiles
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content: Coverlets
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Anonymous gift
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: TE.T16870
label: accession number
content: 310652
objectType: label: Object Name
content: coverlet fragment
label: Object Name
content: coverlet fragment, overshot
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: wool, cotton (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: overshot (overall production method/technique)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 10 1/4 in x 32 1/2 in; 26.035 cm x 82.55 cm