Geometric overshot coverlet
Geometric overshot coverlet
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- Description
- Geometric overshot coverlet. Blue and off-white, blue yarns are wool, white yarns are cotton. Series of conventionalized trees along longitudinal borders and top. Remainder divided into squares with geometrical block designs. Woven in 33" strips & sewn down center, might have been shortened.
- Object Name
- coverlet, overshot
- coverlet
- Physical Description
- cotton, wool (overall material)
- overshot (overall production method/technique)
- Measurements
- overall: 72 in x 62 in; 182.88 cm x 157.48 cm
- ID Number
- TE.E387256
- accession number
- 184369
- Credit Line
- Bequest of Lenore Marie de Grande
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- Home and Community Life: Textiles
- Coverlets
- Data Source
- National Museum of American History
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