"Rose and Table" pattern overshot coverlet
"Rose and Table" pattern overshot coverlet
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- Description
- Overshot coverlet made with red, indigo and natural colored yarns. Rose and table pattern--no extra border pattern. The coverlet is consists of two panels stitched together. Yarns: warp-single ply , z twist white cotton, ground weft--single z twist white cotton, pattern-weft single z twist red and indigo wool. The top and bottom hems are hand stitched. Repeat size of pattern 6 1/8 " x 5 3/4." There is no border pattern. According to the donor, this coverlet was owned by Mrs. Sarah Franklin Brown , grand mother of the donor. She lived in Washington County, Tenn. (post office-Telford, just below Jonesboro) in the Southern Highlands.
- Location
- Currently not on view
- Object Name
- Coverlet, overshot
- Date made
- 19th century
- maker
- unknown
- Physical Description
- overshot (overall production method/technique)
- red, indigo, natural (overall color)
- cotton, wool (overall material)
- Rose & Table (overall pattern)
- Measurements
- overall: 92 in x 66 in; 233.68 cm x 167.64 cm
- ID Number
- TE.T16890
- catalog number
- T16890.00S
- accession number
- 308471
- Credit Line
- Gift of Miss Monnie Elizabeth Brown
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- Home and Community Life: Textiles
- Coverlets
- Domestic Furnishings
- Textiles
- Data Source
- National Museum of American History
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