Object Details
- Description
- This blue and white, Figured and Fancy, double-cloth coverlet is dated 1844 in the outmost border but is otherwise unsigned. There is a large central medallion composed of scrollwork and anthemion motifs. Around this, the remaining centerfield is composed of thistles, bluebells, and other floral designs. There is a meandering clover-like floral design and sine-line outermost border where the date can be found woven into the design. This coverlet was made near Syracuse, New York for the mother of the donor’s grandfather who was married in 1840. There is no center seam, indicating that this coverlet was woven on a broad loom.
- Location
- Currently not on view
- Credit Line
- Gift of Miss Mary E. Cook
- 1841
- 1844
- ID Number
- TE.T6713
- catalog number
- T06713.000
- accession number
- 111910
- Object Name
- coverlet, figured
- coverlet
- Physical Description
- Figrued and Fancy (overall style)
- double cloth (overall production method/technique)
- anthemion medallion (center pattern)
- blue, white (overall color)
- cotton, wool (overall material)
- place made
- United States: New York, Syracuse
- See more items in
- Home and Community Life: Textiles
- Coverlets
- Textiles
- National Museum of American History
- Record ID
- nmah_620448
- GUID (Link to Original Record)
- https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ng49ca746b3-a424-704b-e053-15f76fa0b4fa
