Name/Title

Coverlet

Entry/Object ID

2008.1.112

Description

Beiderwand; navy, natural; seamless; fringe and border on 3 sides; border of grapevines; extra strip at bottom; 2 corner blocks with inscription; centerfield has rosette clusters, flowers, and stars

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

Meily, Emanuel

Role

Weaver

Date made

1842

Place

County

Lebanon County

State/Province

Pennsylvania

Country

United States of America

Notes

Woven for P. H. Earnst

Inscription/Signature/Marks

Type

Cornerblock inscription

Location

LL, LR

Transcription

EMAN/UEL/MEILY/LEBA/NON/1842

Material/Technique

Woven

Type

Cornerblock inscription

Location

LL, LR below bottom border

Transcription

P.H.EARNST

Material/Technique

Woven

Other Names and Numbers

Other Numbers

Number Type

Other Number

Other Number

McCarl No. 272

Dimensions

Width

79 in

Length

99 in

Material

Cotton, Wool