Blue and white Jacquard double-woven coverlet featuring borders with birds perched in trees, along with urns and"cathedrals". The center of the coverlet features medallions and flowers, along with a "Star and Rose" pattern. This coverlet was made by either Sarah or Henry La Tourette. Sarah and Henry LaTourette were brother and sister and the children of John LaTourette of Fountain County, Indiana. John LaTourette was a coverlet weaver also. After he died his children continued to use his trademark (a flower in the corner). To distinguish their work from his, they placed the word 'Year" above the flower. Since Henry and Sarah used the same trademark, it is impossible to known which coverlets were made by Sarah, and which were made by Henry. The date 1850, also appears in the corner. This is a coverlet in two pieces.They are 2734 A and 2734 B. The two pieces were never sewn together.
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