Name/Title

Coverlet

Entry/Object ID

2014.1.1

Description

Overshot coverlet hand-dyed and woven by Elizabeth Jane Gregory Oliver, Whig Rose pattern, red and medium-Copenhagen blue wool (warp) and cream cotton (weft), two pieces sewn at center seam, overall design of interlocking circles inset with squares, pattern does not line up/squares vary from 1 3/4" on one side to 2" on other, color reverse on back side, 78"h x 64w, 1880s (perhaps earlier, per Merikay Waldvogel).

Made/Created

Artist

Oliver, Elizabeth Jane Gregory

Date made

1880 - 1889

Dimensions

Height

78 in

Width

64 in