1995.15.011
Categories
Coverlet – Full size . Navy blue and natural cream color. Catalog card notes that it is readily identifiable as Indian War by half-circle around corner crosses. Attached fringe on sides, warp finge at bottom, hemmed at top. Overshot weave. Diamond and Table. Pattern Name: Indian War or Rose of Sharon Warp: cotton(?) natural. Weft: cotton, finer than warp, natural color Pattern Weft: wool, dark indigo blue. Comments on catalog card, It could also be classified as a wheel and table with part of wheel eliminated in drafting, resulting in an x at the corners of the table instead of a full circle. Reference – Atwater, Shuttle Craft book, Draft #22. Slide – HGA slide kit coverlets #13. Documentation by Betty Terlouw. Draft available.
Object Name:
coverlet
Subject:
Natural Fiber – Cotton (Udf1)
Artifact (Udf10)
Woven – Overshot (Udf3)
Natural color yarns and fiber or yarn dyed yarns (Udf5)
Natural Fiber – Cotton/Natural Fiber – Wool (Udf7)
Sewn, hand (Udf9)