Object Details
- Description
- This blue & white, cotton and wool, overshot coverlet was executed in a "Rose" pattern. This is one panel of a coverlet which has had the center seam removed either due to use and age or as a result of Colonial Revival repurposing as curtains or portieres. The other half is T11168-A. This section has a center seam, and three finished seams. There is one hemmed edge, and there are two selvedges. The coverlet has a small overall design, sometimes known as Roses.
- Location
- Currently not on view
- Credit Line
- Gift of Alice Toole Barnes
- 19th century
- ID Number
- TE.T11168B
- catalog number
- T11168.00B
- accession number
- 204487
- Object Name
- coverlet panel, overshot
- Physical Description
- overshot (overall production method/technique)
- roses (overall pattern)
- blue (overall color)
- natural (overall color)
- cotton (overall material)
- Measurements
- overall: 46 in x 60 in; 116.84 cm x 152.4 cm
- place made
- United States
- See more items in
- Home and Community Life: Textiles
- Coverlets
- Textiles
- National Museum of American History
- Record ID
- nmah_620405
- GUID (Link to Original Record)
- https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ng49ca746a4-57db-704b-e053-15f76fa0b4fa
