Summer-and-Winter Coverlet; New York; 1800-1850
date: label: date made
content: 1800-1850
name: label: maker
content: unknown
notes: label: Description
content: This blue and white, Summer-and-Winter weave coverlet was woven from a warp of 2-ply, S-twist, Z-spun cotton, a ground weft of single ply Z-spun cotton, and a supplementary pattern weft of 2-ply, S-twist, Z-spun wool. The coverlet is constructed of two 35.5 inch widths that were woven as one length, cut, and seamed together to create the finished width. The pattern is a square variation of the “Whig Rose” pattern. There is fringe is along three sides. It appears the fringe was two inches long when new but has worn away over time. There are badly worn spots along the top and bottom edges and the center seam. The side fringe is detached and ragged in a few places. The condition of the coverlet overall is fair. According to the donors, this coverlet was woven in the first half of the nineteenth century in Cambridge, New York. The coverlet measures 92 inches by 66.5 inches.
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: Domestic Furnishings
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content: Textiles
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Gift of Mrs. Ruth A. Oriatt and Dorothy O. Lakes
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: TE.T16959
label: catalog number
content: T16959.000
label: accession number
content: 309644
objectType: label: Object Name
content: coverlet, Summer-and-Winter
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: Summer-and-Winter (overall production method/technique)
label: Physical Description
content: cotton, wool (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 92 in x 66 1/2 in; 233.68 cm x 168.91 cm