Buggy Blanket

Textile

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Brethren & Mennonite Heritage Center

Name/Title

Buggy Blanket

Entry/Object ID

0045.003

Description

woven wool buggy lap robe

Textile Type

Throw Blanket

Use

buggy lap robe Beery family members (Mennonite)

Context

John Abram Brubaker Presented Sally A. Brubaker August 1934 Beery sisters wove in a weaver's cottage on Beery Homestead located east of Rt. 42 south of Edom, VA. The homestead is listed on the VA and US list of Historic Sites and includes the weaving cottage where the blanket was woven. It is currently owned by Mr. and Mrs. William Pond. This farm is the only stone collection of house and farm buildings in VA.

Cataloged By

Sherrie R. Johndrow

Category

Household

Acquisition

Accession

0045

Source or Donor

James B. & Anna Katherine Brubaker Hoover

Acquisition Method

Gift

Made/Created

Time Period

Late 19th Century, 19th Century

Place

City

Edom

Region

Shenandoah Valley

State/Province

Virginia

Continent

North America

Notes

Made by two Beery sisters

Lexicon

Legacy Lexicon

Class

LAND TRANSPORTATION--ACCESSORY

Category

07--DISTRIBUTION & TRANSPORTATION ARTIFACT

Dimensions

Width

36 in

Length

45 in

Dimension Notes

fringe 2-1/2 in

Material

Wool, Fabric

Color

Blue, Green, Red

Location

Location

Chest

Room

Child's Room

Building

Burkholder-Myers House

Inventory

Inventory Project

INV2026.1

Inventoried By

Hannah Hendricks

Inventoried Date

Mar 4, 2026

Inventory Project

INV2025.1

Inventoried By

Hannah Hendricks

Inventoried Date

Jun 24, 2025

Condition

Reason for Exam

Inventory

Overall Condition

Good

Condition Detail

Stains

Date Examined

Jun 24, 2025

Web Links and URLs

John K. Beery Farm: National Register of Historic Places

Provenance

Notes

remained in family until donated

General Notes

Note Type

Date Cataloged

Note

03/20/2008

Note Type

Information Provided By

Note

Betty Eggleston

Created By

Sherrie R. Johndrow

Create Date

June 29, 2008

Updated By

[email protected]

Update Date

July 8, 2026