Name/Title

Coverlet

Entry/Object ID

2008.1.310

Description

Beiderwand; navy, red, green, natural; 2 loom widths joined; 2 corner blocks; fringe on 3 sides; border on 3 sides; long sides have alternating steepled building (government or church) and 5 bayed buildings with 2 chimneys, both colonial style; bottom border of potted plants and pear trees (?); centerfield of rows of various snowflakes; 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

Meily, Samuel

Role

Weaver

Date made

1850

Place

Town

Mansfield

County

Richland County

State/Province

Ohio

Country

United States of America

Woven Textile Details

Weave Type

Tied Beiderwand

Notes

2:1

Inscription/Signature/Marks

Type

Inscription, Cornerblock inscription

Location

LL, LR

Transcription

SAMUEL+/MEILY+/MANS+/FIELD+/RICHLAND/OHIO+/1850

Material/Technique

Woven

Other Names and Numbers

Other Numbers

Number Type

Other Number

Other Number

McCarl No. 157

Dimensions

Width

76 in

Length

80 in

Material

Cotton, Wool