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coverlet

Coverlet. Culture: American. Dimensions: 98 1/2 x 89 3/4 in. (250.2 x 228 cm). Date: ca. 1840. This coverlet is woven in two panels and seamed at the center. It has a warp of undyed and light blue cotton and a weft of dark blue, green, and red wool and undyed cotton. The central field shows feather medallions alternating with foliate medallions. The bottom border has a stylized vine motif, and the right and left borders have roses and tulips. Peacocks adorn each of the two corner blocks. Both sides of the coverlet have natural fringe, and there is attached fringe along the bottom edge.
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Title:
coverlet
Caption:
Coverlet. Culture: American. Dimensions: 98 1/2 x 89 3/4 in. (250.2 x 228 cm). Date: ca. 1840. This coverlet is woven in two panels and seamed at the center. It has a warp of undyed and light blue cotton and a weft of dark blue, green, and red wool and undyed cotton. The central field shows feather medallions alternating with foliate medallions. The bottom border has a stylized vine motif, and the right and left borders have roses and tulips. Peacocks adorn each of the two corner blocks. Both sides of the coverlet have natural fringe, and there is attached fringe along the bottom edge.
Personalities:
JACQUARD
Technique/material:
Wool and cotton, Biederwand weave, woven on a hand loom with a Jacquard attachment
Museum:
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, USA
Credit:
Album / Metropolitan Museum of Art, NY
Releases:
Model: No - Property: No
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Image size:
2699 x 3064 px | 23.7 MB
Print size:
22.9 x 25.9 cm | 9.0 x 10.2 in (300 dpi)
Keywords:
AMERICAN DECORATIVE ARTS • BED COVERINGS • BEDCOVERS • COTTON • COVERLETS • JACQUARD • LOOMS • MADE IN PENNSYLVANIA, UNITED STATES; PROBABLY MADE IN BERKS COUNTY • METROPOLITAN MUSEUM OF ART, NEW YORK, USA • NORTH AND CENTRAL AMERICA • PENNSYLVANIA • TEXTILES • UNITED STATES • WOOL AND COTTON, BIEDERWAND WEAVE, WOVEN ON A HAND LOOM WITH A JACQUARD ATTACHMENT • WOOL • WOVEN