Name/Title

Coverlet

Entry/Object ID

2017.2.033

Description

Figured coverlet; undyed cotton and red, green and blue wool, tied double cloth (Beiderwand). Hemmed top, sides and bottom fringed. Central motif is a boldly graphic quadrupled urn with scrolling foliage motif. Bottom border has a repeated pattern of a spray of large roses. Side borders include smaller roses in an urn alternating with scrolling leaves and berries.

Collection

Hawthorne Collection (ATHM)

Acquisition

Accession

2017.2

Credit Line

Transfer from the Hawthorne Collection upon the closing of the ATHM in Lowell, MA in 2017

Made/Created

Artist Information

Artist

Klinger, Absalom

Role

Weaver

Date made

1845

Place

State/Province

Pennsylvania

Country

United States of America

Woven Textile Details

Weave Type

Tied Beiderwand

Notes

2:1

Other Names and Numbers

Other Numbers

Number Type

Old Number

Other Number

1998.59.56

Dimensions

Dimension Notes

Needs measured.