Coverlet fragment, overshot; Late 18th C?
Object Details
- Description
- Fragment of a 4 harness overshot coverlet weave with linen warp and tabby, weft-figured tan and brown wool yarns. The linen warp shows its great age. From Mrs. Eliza Calvert Hall Obenchain.
- Because of the donor, Mrs. Allen's, importance in teaching and preserving early handweaving, and the use of materials she collected in books on the subject, NMAH should keep the fragments she donated in the collection, as part of the national woven coverlet collection.
- Location
- Currently not on view
- Credit Line
- Gift of Laura M. Allen
- Data Source
- National Museum of American History
- date made
- late 18th C?
- ID Number
- TE.T04788.000
- catalog number
- T04788.000
- accession number
- 71965
- Object Name
- coverlet fragment
- Physical Description
- linen, wool (overall material)
- overshot (overall production method/technique)
- Measurements
- overall: 18 in x 7 in; 45.72 cm x 17.78 cm
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- Home and Community Life: Textiles
- Coverlets
- Record ID
- nmah_621492
