David Pollay (?) Jacquard double cloth coverlet, New York, 1830
date: label: date made
content: 1830
notes: label: Description
content: This a blue and white, jacquard double woven coverlet, featuring a double roses pattern with 8 pointed stars and large rosettes. Three of the borders feature American eagles, with thin pine trees between them. The two lower corners have the name, Elmira Vendermark , the letters "D+P" (probably the initials of the weaver) and the place of manufacture, Ithaca, and the year 1830 woven into the fabric. D. P. is probably David Pollay. He was born June 3, 1806 in Locke, New York. He died June 18, 1887 in Hammondsport, New York. His first spouse was Sarah Jane Eaton (1806 - 1840) and the second was Violetta Laytonn (1816 - 1907). His corner blocks include his initials, location, date and client's name. He made another nearly identical coverlet for Permala Brown in 1830. (location unknown)
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: place made
content: United States: New York, Ithaca
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content: Home and Community Life: Textiles
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content: Coverlets
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Gift of Mrs. John H. Murray
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: 1991.0052.01
label: catalog number
content: 1991.0052.01
label: accession number
content: 1991.0052
objectType: label: Object Name
content: Coverlet
label: Object Name
content: coverlet, figured
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: wool (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: cotton (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: jacquard, double-woven (overall production method/technique)
label: Measurements
content: average spatial: 78 1/2 in x 88 in; x 199.39 cm x 223.52 cm