Jacquard double cloth coverlet, ca. 1852
Jacquard double cloth coverlet, ca. 1852
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- Description
- Jacquard coverlet, red, white & blue double weave, fringe on 3 sides. 1. (border) Christian & heathen 2. (center) potted flowers, birds perched in trees.
- According to the donor the coverlet was originally owned by Amanda Melvina Franklin (Mrs. George Overman, Albany, New York, and taken to Portland, Oregon in 1852
- Location
- Currently not on view
- Object Name
- coverlet, figured
- Date made
- before 1852
- maker
- unknown
- place made
- United States: New York
- Physical Description
- jacquard (overall production method/technique)
- double weave (overall production method/technique)
- heathen and christian religions (border pattern)
- red, white, blue (overall color)
- cotton, wool (overall material)
- Figured and Fancy (overall style)
- ID Number
- TE.T11479
- catalog number
- T11479.000
- accession number
- 212529
- Credit Line
- Gift of Mrs. Minnie Kyle Overman
- See more items in
- Home and Community Life: Textiles
- Coverlets
- Domestic Furnishings
- Textiles
- Data Source
- National Museum of American History
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