Name/Title

Coverlet

Entry/Object ID

2008.1.364

Description

Beiderwand; red, green, navy, natural; seamless; fringe and border on 3 sides; thin outermost border is diamonds, big border of leafy flowers; centerfield of rows of rosette clusters and small diamond medallions; two corner blocks, 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

Metz, L.

Role

Weaver

Date made

1844

Place

County

Montgomery County

State/Province

Pennsylvania

Country

United States of America

Notes

Woven for E. Zupplee or Supplee

Inscription/Signature/Marks

Type

Inscription, Cornerblock inscription

Location

LL, LR

Transcription

MADE+BY/L+METZ/MONTGO/MERY,CO.PA+/E. ZUPPLEE/1844

Material/Technique

Woven

Other Names and Numbers

Other Numbers

Number Type

Other Number

Other Number

McCarl No. 42

Dimensions

Width

93 in

Length

99 in

Material

Cotton, Wool