Coverlet

Woven Textile

Foster & Muriel McCarl Coverlet Gallery

Name/Title

Coverlet

Entry/Object ID

2008.1.092

Description

navy and natural; seamless; fringe on one side; border on 3 sides, unique on bottom, sides have stars and flowers; borrom has birds on branches; center has flowers, stars, and rosettes

Collection

Foster and Muriel McCarl Collection

Acquisition

Accession

2008.1

Source or Donor

McCarl, Foster & Muriel

Acquisition Method

Gift

Credit Line

gift of Foster & Muriel McCarl

Made/Created

Artist Information

Artist

Hart, Jesse

Role

Weaver

Date made

1851

Place

Town

Wilmington

County

Clinton County

State/Province

Ohio

Country

United States of America

Inscription/Signature/Marks

Type

Cornerblock inscription

Location

LL, LR

Transcription

If good we plant/not, vice will/fill the place;/And rankest/weeds the richest/soils deface./ wove by J HART/wilmington/Clinton County/OHIO 1851

Material/Technique

Woven

Other Names and Numbers

Other Numbers

Number Type

Other Number

McCarl No. 303

Dimensions

Width

62 in

Length

100 in

Material

Cotton, Wool