Geometric Double-cloth "Snowball Tree" Coverlet, 1800-1850
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Object Details
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- Description
- This blue and white double-woven coverlet features a "Snowball Tree" central field motif, with wavy line borders on three sides. It was woven with cotton and wool yarns, and has a fringe on all four sides. The lower edge has a self-fringe, while the sides have tape fringes that travel to the top edge and run along that edge for twenty-two inches. This coverlet was woven in two sections that were sewn together on each side. According to the donor, the yarn was spun and the coverlet was woven in the home of her great-grandmother (no name given.) The coverlet dates from the first half of the 19th century. Double-woven coverlets are reversible, with the dark color dominant on one side, and the light color dominante on the other. Such coverlets are complicated to weave and require two separate sets of warp and filling yarns.
- Location
- Currently not on view
- Credit Line
- Gift of Dr. Clara Southmayd Ludlow
- 1800-1850
- ID Number
- TE.H12765
- catalog number
- H012765.000
- accession number
- 053657
- 53657
- Object Name
- coverlet, geometric
- Physical Description
- double weave (overall production method/technique)
- cotton and wool (overall material)
- Measurements
- overall: 92 1/2 in x 82 in; 234.95 cm x 208.28 cm
- place made
- United States
- See more items in
- Home and Community Life: Textiles
- Coverlets
- Domestic Furnishings
- Textiles
- National Museum of American History
- Record ID
- nmah_620535
- Metadata Usage (text)
- CC0
- GUID (Link to Original Record)
- http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ng49ca746b3-a1c8-704b-e053-15f76fa0b4fa
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