Name/Title

Coverlet

Entry/Object ID

2017.1.118

Description

Design: circles of conventionalized acanthus leaves, across the end is border of houses and trees and "Ohio", along the sides a border of doves and trees, corner: Inscription: JANE/ DAUGHTERY/ WOVE/ BY G.W./ LASHELS/ HUNTINGTON/ 1849. Undyed and blue cotton. Red, Orange, and blue wool. 3 fringed sides. 1 hemmed.

Collection

ATHM Collection

Acquisition

Accession

2017.1

Source or Donor

American Textile History Museum

Acquisition Method

Transfer

Credit Line

Transfer from the ATHM in Lowell, MA upon its closing in 2017

Made/Created

Artist

Lashels, G.W.

Date made

1849

Place

Town

Huntington

State/Province

Ohio

Country

United States of America

Notes

Woven for Jane Daugherty

Woven Textile Details

Weave Type

Tied Beiderwand

Notes

2:1

Inscription/Signature/Marks

Type

Cornerblock inscription

Location

LL, LR

Transcription

JANE.DAUGH/ERTY/WOVE/BY-G.W./LASHELS/HUNTING/TON/1849

Type

Border inscription

Location

along top of lower border desigh

Transcription

OHIO

Other Names and Numbers

Other Numbers

Number Type

Old Number

Other Number

1962.10.10

Dimensions

Width

71 in

Length

90 in