Name/Title
Coverlet photographEntry/Object ID
CDP 24.3.AW005Description
Red, Navy, Dark Green and natural geometric starwork coverlet with good self-fringe. Two panel, multi-shaft coverlet with design of starbursts and geometric squares; 73 x 85”. Unusual top stitching, apparently by machine, in each of the navy sections (see pictures 3-4).
Belonged to Ellen Jane Ditto (1825-1885), daughter of William Henry Ditto and Hannah Carolina Kershner, who married in 1848 Isaac Ankeney, Sr. (1824-1886) of Woodside Farm, located northwest of Clear Spring along Broadfording Road. The coverlet was passed down to her granddaughter Jane Flory Ankeney (1912-1995).Collection
Coverlet Documentation Project, Ankeney-Woods CollectionAcquisition
Notes
Photographed and documented 11/06/24Color
Red, Navy, Dark Green, Natural