Coverlet

Woven Textile

Foster & Muriel McCarl Coverlet Gallery

Name/Title

Coverlet

Entry/Object ID

2008.1.095

Description

green, red, navy, black, natural; seamless; fringe on 3 sides; border on 4 sides of large sunflowers and rows with stems and leaves; center large circles with flowers and stars inside (apples on border and tiny birds); 4 corner blocks

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

Seifert, Henry

Role

Weaver

Artist

Seifert, Andrew

Role

Weaver

Date made

1848

Place

Town

Mechanicsburg

County

Cumberland County

State/Province

Pennsylvania

Country

United States of America

Notes

Woven for Martha Seidel

Woven Textile Details

Weave Type

Tied Beiderwand

Notes

2:1

Inscription/Signature/Marks

Type

Cornerblock inscription

Transcription

SUPERIOUR./COVERLETs/MANUFACTURED/THE LATEST FASHION/ BY.H.&A.SEIFERt/MECHANICSBURG/CUMBERLAND COUNtY/PENNSYLVANIA/A.D. 1848

Material/Technique

Woven

Type

Border inscription

Location

Bottom edge below the border

Transcription

"THIS IS THE PROPERTY OF MARTHA SEIDEL"

Material/Technique

Woven

Notes

"This is the property" is within the cornerblock and only appears at the extreme LL, LR. "Martha Seidel" is within the bottom border and repeats six times across the bottom edge.

Other Names and Numbers

Other Numbers

Number Type

Other Number

McCarl No. 223

Dimensions

Width

95 in

Length

99 in

Material

Cotton, Wool