Name/Title

Coverlet

Entry/Object ID

2008.1.235

Description

Beiderwand; red, green, navy, natural; fringe on 3 sides and around top corners; seamless; corner blocks LL, LR with inscription; border on 3 sides of a flower with stem and a tree with large leaves; small glowers between; centerfield of squares with borders around each and flower and leaf cross inside each

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

Peter, Reuben

Role

Weaver

Date made

1842

Place

Town

Heidelburg

State/Province

Pennsylvania

Country

United States of America

Woven Textile Details

Weave Type

Tied Beiderwand 3:1

Inscription/Signature/Marks

Type

Inscription

Location

LL, LR

Transcription

MADE.BY./R.PETER./IN.HEIDEL/BURG.FOR./AD.1842

Material/Technique

Woven

Other Names and Numbers

Other Numbers

Number Type

Other Number

Other Number

McCarl No. 147

Dimensions

Width

77 in

Length

101 in

Material

Cotton, Wool