Name/Title

Coverlet

Entry/Object ID

2008.1.258

Description

Beiderwand; navy, red, green, natural; fringe on 3 sides; two loom widths joined; floral border; two corner blocks; centerfield contains rows of tulip, octagon, and snowflake patterns, strips of color

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

Brehm, Henry

Role

Weaver

Date made

1839

Place

Town

Womelsdorf

County

Berks County

State/Province

Pennsylvania

Country

United States of America

Notes

Woven for A. C. H. Stein

Inscription/Signature/Marks

Type

Inscription, Cornerblock inscription

Location

LL, LR

Transcription

HENRY/BREHM/WOM/ELS/DORF/1837/A.C.H.Stein

Material/Technique

Woven

Other Names and Numbers

Other Numbers

Number Type

Other Number

Other Number

McCarl No. 324

Dimensions

Width

87 in

Length

96 in

Material

Cotton, Wool