Aunt Lizzie Reagan's Overshot Coverlet; Tennessee; 1930

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.

Date Made: ca 1930

Maker: Reagan, Lizzie

Location: Currently not on view

Place Made: United States: Tennessee, GatlinburgUnited States: Tennessee

See more items in: Home and Community Life: Textiles, Coverlets, Textiles, Domestic Furnishings

Exhibition:

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Credit Line: Gift of Patricia A. Erickson

Data Source: National Museum of American History

Id Number: 1996.0120.01Catalog Number: 1996.0120.01Accession Number: 1996.0120

Object Name: coverlet, overshotcoverlet

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

Guid: http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ng49ca746ab-6d53-704b-e053-15f76fa0b4fa

Record Id: nmah_1275869

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