Name/Title

Coverlet

Entry/Object ID

2008.1.257

Description

Beiderwand; pink, navy, olive, natural; seamless; two corner blocks, fringe on 3 sides; double border, outer border is two rows of stars, inner border is roosters and flowers; centerfield is rows of starflower medallions; strips of color; in between borders is the word "Pensylvan" repeatedly back to back Musselman No. 144

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

1840

Place

Town

Milford

County

Bucks County

State/Province

Pennsylvania

Country

United States of America

Notes

Woven for Maria Heller

Inscription/Signature/Marks

Type

Inscription, Cornerblock inscription

Location

LR

Transcription

.THIS./COVERLEt/BELONGS/.TO.ME./MARIA/HELLER/.1840.

Material/Technique

Woven

Type

Cornerblock inscription

Location

LL

Transcription

S,B,MUS/SELMAN/COVERLEt/WEAVER/MILFORD/BUCKS.CO/No144

Type

Border inscription

Transcription

PENSYLVAN

Other Names and Numbers

Other Numbers

Number Type

Other Number

Other Number

McCarl No. 323

Dimensions

Width

77 in

Length

97 in

Material

Cotton, Wool