"Double Bowknot with Window Sashes" overshot coverlet; 19th centuryy
"Double Bowknot with Window Sashes" overshot coverlet; 19th centuryy
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- Description
- Overshot coverlet woven with red, green and white cotton and wool yarn in a large "double bowknot with Window Sash" pattern. The white ground warp and weft (filling) yarns are white cotton, and the supplementary pattern weft yarns (red and green) are wool. Each repeat of the pattern is 18 inches by 20 inches. The coverlet is constructed of two panels, woven as one length, cut, and seamed together to create the finished width. This coverlet was woven sometime in the nineteenth century. There is little provenance information. Overshot coverlet weaving has been continual in the United States from colonial times through the present day and was usually associated with domestic production. This coverlet was purchased in New Jersey; however, it could have been woven from New England down through the South, where this pattern is commonly referred to as “Muscadine Hulls.”
- Location
- Currently not on view
- Object Name
- coverlet, overshot
- coverlet, overshot
- date made
- 1800-1900
- 19th century
- maker
- unknown
- place made
- United States
- Physical Description
- overshot (overall production method/technique)
- cotton, wool (overall material)
- Measurements
- overall: 94 in x 66 in; 238.76 cm x 167.64 cm
- ID Number
- TE.T18210
- catalog number
- T18210.000
- accession number
- 1977.0101
- Credit Line
- Gift of Mrs. Ester Ipp Schwartz (Mrs. Samuel)
- See more items in
- Home and Community Life: Textiles
- Coverlets
- Textiles
- Domestic Furnishings
- Data Source
- National Museum of American History
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