Coverlet

Woven Textile

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Foster & Muriel McCarl Coverlet Gallery

Name/Title

Coverlet

Entry/Object ID

2008.1.100

Description

pink, goldish green, navy, natural; seamless; border and fringe on 3 sides; border is double of snowflakes and distelfinks by trees; 2 corner blocks; centerfield has pointed floral clusters

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

Musselman, Samuel B[eidler]

Role

Weaver

Date made

1839

Place

Town

Milford

County

Bucks County

State/Province

Pennsylvania

Country

United States of America

Notes

Woven for Catharine Shelly

Woven Textile Details

Weave Type

Tied Beiderwand

Notes

Ribless

Inscription/Signature/Marks

Type

Cornerblock inscription

Location

LL

Transcription

S.B. MUS/SELMAN/COVERLEt/WEAVER/MILFORD/BUCKS.CO/1839 NO 94

Material/Technique

Woven

Type

Cornerblock inscription

Location

LR

Transcription

THIS/COVERLEt/BELONGS/TO ME/CathaRINe/SHELLY/1839

Material/Technique

Woven

Type

Border inscription

Location

Repeats along three border edges between distelfinks and double stars

Transcription

PENNSYLVANIA

Material/Technique

Woven

Other Names and Numbers

Other Numbers

Number Type

Other Number

Other Number

McCarl No. 277

Dimensions

Width

77 in

Length

95 in

Material

Cotton, Wool