Richard Waters; coverlet; Figured and Fancy; double-cloth; 1840; Ohio
date: label: Date made
content: about 1840
label: date made
content: c. 1840
name: label: maker
content: Waters, Richard
notes: label: Description
content: According to the donor, Richard Waters (1807-1858) wove this Figured and Fancy, Jacquard, red, white and blue, double-cloth coverlet circa 1840 for his eldest child, George Miner Waters (b. 1836). The donor was George Waters’ daughter, Dr. Lulu I. Waters Hare. The centerfield design is a combination of "Peacocks Feeding Their Young," and “Urns with Flowers.” There is a double border along three sides of the coverlet which combines Asian, Chinoiserie motifs with Federal style buildings. This pattern is most commonly referred to by early 20th century coverlet scholars as “Christians and Heathens.” Richard Waters is believed to have carded and dyed the wool as well. Many coverlet weavers also owned or worked at carding and fulling mills where raw wool would be brought by customers and prepared for spinning or dying. Waters was born on September 14, 1807, in Suffolk County, New York and died May 28, 1858, at Williamsville, Illinois. Waters married Ann Miner (1817-1889) on October 23, 1834 in Ross County, Ohio. The coverlet measures 78 inches by 76 inches and is composed of two panels joined with a center seam.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
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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 Dr. Lulu I. Waters Hare
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: TE.T12679
label: catalog number
content: T12679.000
label: accession number
content: 237232
objectType: label: Object Name
content: coverlet, figured
label: Object Name
content: coverlet
label: Object Name
content: double-cloth
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: Figured and Fancy (overall production method/technique)
label: Physical Description
content: double weave (overall production method/technique)
label: Physical Description
content: "Peacocks Feeding Their Young," "Christians and Heathens" (border pattern)
label: Physical Description
content: red (overall color)
label: Physical Description
content: white (overall color)
label: Physical Description
content: blue (overall color)
label: Physical Description
content: wool (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: cotton (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 78 in x 76 in; 198.12 cm x 193.04 cm