Name/Title
Coverlet photographEntry/Object ID
CDP 24.3.AW010Description
Navy, red, and natural geometric starwork coverlet with two panels; 61 x 82”. Unfinished top hem; may have been cut, but unclear how much length has been lost. A multi-harness coverlet with stars in centerfield and geometric border on three sides.
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. Both the Ditto and Ankeney family were originally French Huguenots who settled in Maryland in the mid-eighteenth century. The coverlet was passed down to her granddaughter Jane Flory Ankeney (1912-1995).Collection
Coverlet Documentation Project, Ankeney-Woods CollectionAcquisition
Notes
Photographed and documented 11/06/24