Blue and white overshot coverlet. Two woven lengths joined by hand-sewn seam up middle. Woven borders appear on all four sides. Warp and tabby are natural cotton, filler weft is probably indigo-dyed wool. Whig Rose motif alternates in rows with other geometric motifs such as Pine Tree-like shapes and rectangular lozenges. Two rolled and hand-sewn edges along length and two raw edges, top and bottom respectively.

last half of 1800s

Coverlet

Natural Fiber – Cotton (Udf1)

Artifact (Udf10)

Retain Artifact Status (Udf21)

American – 19th c (Udf22)

Woven – Overshot (Udf3)

Unknown (Udf4)

Fiber or Yarn dyed (Udf5)

Geometric/Whig Rose (Udf6)

Natural Fiber – Cotton/Natural Fiber – Wool (Udf7)

Sewn, hand (Udf9)