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Coverlet
American
around 1827
Object Place: Orange County, New York, United States
Medium/Technique
Cotton and wool, jacquard woven
Dimensions
Length x width: 233.7 × 190.5 cm (92 × 75 in.)
Credit Line
Gift of the American Textile History Museum—North Andover Historical Society
Accession Number2017.863
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsAmericas, Fashion and Textiles
ClassificationsTextiles
DescriptionFigured coverlet woven with undyed cotton threads and blue wool threads in a double cloth or complex weave achieved with a Jacquard loom mechanism. Woven in a full width with hemmed edges at top and bottom. Central field woven in pattern of six floral medallions alternating with a single flower motif. At sides, there is a border pattern of three pairs of eagles joined by a crescent of stars and clover flanking fluted columns and a building (which could possibly depict Independence Hall). At top and bottom, there is similar border pattern top with two pairs of eagles joined by a crescent of stars and clover, flanking fluted columns. Each corner block is woven with a single blossom with two leaves and Masonic motifs. Woven twice across lower edge: "O:SHELDON.DOVER" Woven in four corner blocks: "Agriculture and Manufacturers are the Foundation of our Independence, July 4th 1827- Dover".
InscriptionsWoven twice across lower edge: "O:SHELDON.DOVER" Woven in four corner blocks: "Agriculture and Manufacturers are the Foundation of our Independence, July 4th 1827- Dover".
ProvenanceSold by J. Wilcoxson, to the American Textile History Museum, Lowell, MA; 2017 gift of American Textile History Museum to the MFA (Accession date: June 21, 2017)