Blanket, Buggy

Textile

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Brethren & Mennonite Heritage Center

Name/Title

Blanket, Buggy

Entry/Object ID

0045.003

Description

"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. woven wool buggy lap robe

Textile Type

Throw Blanket

Use

buggy lap robe Beery family members

Cataloged By

Betty Eggleston

Category

Household

Acquisition

Accession

0045

Source or Donor

James B. (Jim) and Anna Katherine (Kathy) (Brubaker) Hoover

Acquisition Method

Gift

Notes

Donor Requests: give to local museum or school, public credit may be given to donor

Made/Created

Artist

2 Beery sisters

Place

City

Edom

Region

Shenandoah Valley

State/Province

Virginia

Continent

North America

Notes

Date: late 19th century

Lexicon

Legacy Lexicon

Class

LAND TRANSPORTATION--ACCESSORY

Category

07--DISTRIBUTION & TRANSPORTATION ARTIFACT

Dimensions

Height

45 in

Width

36 in

Depth

1/2 in

Material

Wool, Fabric

Color

Blue, Green, Red

Location

Location

Chest

Room

Child's Room

Building

Burkholder-Myers House

Inventory

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

General Notes

Note Type

Date Cataloged

Note

03/20/2008

Created By

SRJ

Create Date

June 29, 2008

Updated By

info@brethrenmennoniteheritage.org

Update Date

July 8, 2025