Panel from an overshot coverlet; Kentucky; 1800-1850
Panel from an overshot coverlet; Kentucky; 1800-1850
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- Description (Brief)
- Panel from an overshot coverlet; Kentucky; 1800-1850. 4-harness overshot weave: "Tennessee trouble" pattern. Said to have been woven by slave labor in Warren Co., Kentucky, with cotton and wool yarns in rose, blue and white. 6' 4" x 2' 4"
- Location
- Currently not on view
- Object Name
- coverlet panel
- place made
- United States: Kentucky, Kentucky
- Physical Description
- wool, cotton (overall material)
- overshot (overall production method/technique)
- Measurements
- overall: 76 in x 28 in; 193.04 cm x 71.12 cm
- ID Number
- TE.T04792.000
- catalog number
- T04792.000
- Credit Line
- Gift of Mrs. Laura M. Allen
- See more items in
- Cultural and Community Life: Textiles
- Coverlets
- Data Source
- National Museum of American History
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