Coverlet

Woven Textile

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Foster & Muriel McCarl Coverlet Gallery

Name/Title

Coverlet

Entry/Object ID

2008.1.232

Description

Beiderwand; red, navy, natural; seamless; fringe on 3 sides; 2 corner blocks with inscriptions that are different on each side; double border; outer border of two rows of stars, inner border of man/hunter, tree, squirrel, duck, and rooster; centerfield is rows of stars and flowers, strips of color Musselman No. 426

Collection

Foster and Muriel McCarl Collection

Category

Patchwork

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

1843

Place

Town

Milford

County

Bucks County

State/Province

Pennsylvania

Country

United States of America

Notes

Woven for Sary Meier

Inscription/Signature/Marks

Type

Cornerblock inscription

Location

LL

Transcription

S.B.MUS/SELMAN/COFERLEt/WEAVER/MILFORD/BUCKS.CO/ No 426

Material/Technique

Woven

Type

Cornerblock inscription

Location

LR

Transcription

+THIS+/COVERLEt/BELONGS/+TO.ME+/SARY/MEIER/+1843+

Material/Technique

Woven

Other Names and Numbers

Other Numbers

Number Type

Other Number

Other Number

McCarl No. 100

Dimensions

Width

83 in

Length

99 in

Material

Cotton, Wool