Object Details
- unknown
- Description
- This “Monk’s Belt,” orange, blue, brown, and white coverlet was repurposed during its life as the batting for a quilt. The pattern of this coverlet, known as “Monk’s Belt,” is a checkerboard repeat about five inches long and four inches wide, consisting of two, quarter-inch-wide blocks, with an inch-high horizontal band made up of stripes of blue/yellowish-tan/blue separating each row of blocks. The alternately woven yellow-tan and dark brown weft yarns create the block and stripe pattern. This coverlet was found inside an 18th-century quilt. It is believed to be one of the oldest coverlet in the collection--possibly as early as the 1770s. The coverlet measures 86 inches by 61 inches and was constructed from two panels. There are borders along three edges created from fractional reductions of the main pattern.
- Location
- Currently not on view
- 1770-1790
- c. 1770
- ID Number
- TE.T14718
- catalog number
- T14718.00B
- accession number
- 281922
- Object Name
- coverlet
- coverlet, overshot
- Physical Description
- wool, linen (overall material)
- overshot (overall production method/technique)
- Measurements
- overall: 86 in x 59 1/2 in; 218.44 cm x 151.13 cm
- place made
- United States: New England
- See more items in
- Home and Community Life: Textiles
- Coverlets
- Domestic Furnishings
- Textiles
- National Museum of American History
- Subject
- Colonial Life
- Record ID
- nmah_620557
- GUID (Link to Original Record)
- https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ng49ca746ac-30be-704b-e053-15f76fa0b4fa
