Thomas Marsteller Jacquard single weave coverlet; Pennsylvania, 1848
date: label: Date made
content: 1848
name: label: weaver
content: Marsteller, Thomas
notes: label: Description
content: Jacquard single-woven coverlet. A framed large scale central rosette medallion made up of a circle of tulips. The inner border has big leaves and flowers. The outer border has a repeat of two different flowering plants. There are blocks in all corners which have this woven in :"Made *by* T. Marst * Eller *L*S* 1848". The coverlet is woven in red, dark green and blue, and there is a fringe along 3 sides. The coverlet has a compound, plain weave base. The ground warp and weft is white, z twist, single cotton. The wefts are slightly thicker than he warps. The pattern weft is red, dark green and indigo s twist, 2 ply wool. Thomas Bartholomew Marsteller was born January 6, 1812, in Lower Saucon, Northampton Co., PA. He sometimes used two different corner blocks. One with location, date, and client's name and the other with his name, locastion, and date. He died May 20, 1890, in Leithsville, PA.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: place made
content: United States: Pennsylvania, Northampton
setName: label: See more items in
content: Home and Community Life: Textiles
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content: Coverlets
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Gift of Edgar O. Smith; Cooper Hewitt Transfer
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: 1980.0859.02
label: accession number
content: 1980.0859
label: catalog number
content: 1980.0859.02
objectType: label: Object Name
content: coverlet, figured
label: Object Type
content: jacquard coverlets
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: jacquard (overall production method/technique)
label: Physical Description
content: single weave (overall production method/technique)
label: Physical Description
content: rosette medallion (overall pattern)
label: Physical Description
content: red, blue, green (overall color)
label: Physical Description
content: white (overall color)
label: Physical Description
content: cotton (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: wool (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 85 in x 78 3/4 in; 215.9 cm x 200.025 cm