Object Details
- Reagan, Lizzie
- Description
- Lizzie Reagan wove this overshot coverlet in Tennessee in about 1930. It is made of cotton and wool, and woven in a design that is sometimes known as "Lee's Surrender." Lizzie Reagan was known as Aunt Lizzie, and was an expert on natural dyes. She was active in the movement to reintroduce "old" methods such as hand spinning and weaving at the Phi Beta Phi Settlement School in Gatlinburg, Tennessee. Such schools were started in the 1880s by benevolent societies in an attempt to encourage and preserve the local material culture, and provide the local artists with income.
- Location
- Currently not on view
- Credit Line
- Gift of Patricia A. Erickson
- ca 1930
- ID Number
- 1996.0120.01
- catalog number
- 1996.0120.01
- accession number
- 1996.0120
- Object Name
- coverlet, overshot
- coverlet
- Physical Description
- overshot (overall production method/technique)
- cotton (overall material)
- wool (overall material)
- Measurements
- overall: 89 in x 69 in; 226.06 cm x 175.26 cm
- place made
- United States: Tennessee, Gatlinburg
- United States: Tennessee
- See more items in
- Home and Community Life: Textiles
- Coverlets
- Textiles
- Domestic Furnishings
- National Museum of American History
- Record ID
- nmah_1275869
- GUID (Link to Original Record)
- https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ng49ca746ab-6d53-704b-e053-15f76fa0b4fa
