Name/Title

Coverlet

Entry/Object ID

2017.2.076

Description

Figured coverlet; undyed cotton and green, red, blue, undyed, and purple wool, tied double cloth (Beiderwand). Hemmed top; sides and bottom fringed. Central motif is a circular center medallion of a stylized flower motif with outside border of leaves, and outermost border of grapes and grape leaves. There is a spread eagle at each corner of the center field. The border consists of a tassel design and a corner block of a bird with a leaf and branch.

Collection

Hawthorne Collection (ATHM)

Category

Center medallion

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

Stager, Henry F.

Role

Weaver

Place

Town

Mount Joy

County

Lancaster County

State/Province

Pennsylvania

Country

United States of America

Notes

Date: 1845-1870

Other Names and Numbers

Other Numbers

Number Type

Old Number

Other Number

1998.59.21

Dimensions

Dimension Notes

Needs measured.