Fragment of a 4 harness, overshot, coverlet weave: "snowball," variant, using fine unbleached cotton warp yarn and weft yarn for the foundation and blue wool weft yarn to form the small overshot pattern.
Because of the donor, Mrs. Allen's, importance in teaching and preserving early handweaving, and the use of materials she collected in books on the subject, NMAH should keep the fragments she donated in the collection, as part of the national woven coverlet collection.