Coverlet

Museum number:
2-62173
Permalink:
ark:/21549/hm21020062173
Alternate number:
5098 (original number)
Accession number:
Acc.3032
Description:
Coverlet. Materials: cotton, wool. Techniques: Pattern weave. Blue, salmon, and white colors. 88 x 68”. Wide striped background, with overlying design of roses and snowflakes. Border of birds and trees. Two corner squares with “Lewisvil 1848” woven in. Composed of two strips sewn together along center. Made in Kentucky by the donor’s great, great grandmother, who raised sheep, spun her own wool, and wove this coverlet.
Donor:
Design Department (UC Berkeley)
Collection place:
Kentucky
Verbatim coll. place:
U.S.A.: Kentucky
Culture or time period:
United States Historic
Materials:
Cotton (textile) and Wool (textile)
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Coverlets and Snowflakes (motifs)
Function:
4.1 Dwellings and Furnishings
Accession date:
1974
Department:
Nonnative US and Canada (except California)
Dimensions:
width 68 inches and length 88 inches
Images:
Hearst Museum object titled Coverlet, accession number 2-62173, described as Coverlet. Materials: cotton, wool. Techniques: Pattern weave. Blue, salmon, and white colors. 88 x 68”. Wide striped background, with overlying design of roses and snowflakes. Border of birds and trees. Two corner squares with “Lewisvil 1848” woven in. Composed of two strips sewn together along center. Made in Kentucky by the donor’s great, great grandmother, who raised sheep, spun her own wool, and wove this coverlet.
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Coverlet, accession number 2-62173, described as Coverlet. Materials: cotton, wool. Techniques: Pattern weave. Blue, salmon, and white colors. 88 x 68”. Wide striped background, with overlying design of roses and snowflakes. Border of birds and trees. Two corner squares with “Lewisvil 1848” woven in. Composed of two strips sewn together along center. Made in Kentucky by the donor’s great, great grandmother, who raised sheep, spun her own wool, and wove this coverlet.Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Coverlet, accession number 2-62173, described as Coverlet. Materials: cotton, wool. Techniques: Pattern weave. Blue, salmon, and white colors. 88 x 68”. Wide striped background, with overlying design of roses and snowflakes. Border of birds and trees. Two corner squares with “Lewisvil 1848” woven in. Composed of two strips sewn together along center. Made in Kentucky by the donor’s great, great grandmother, who raised sheep, spun her own wool, and wove this coverlet.

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