Coverlet

Textile

Historic Germantown

Name/Title

Coverlet

Entry/Object ID

1993.9.2

Description

White cotton candlewick coverlet. Small 8-point star central medallion enclosed by sunburst; surrounded by hanging pine trees and flowers. Enclosed by a swag with trees in each corner and outlined in zigzag. Outer border has more trees and flowers enclosed by two parallel lines. Applied fringe. Traditional Bolton mark in lower left corner (IHF 12s (could be IMF)). Fringe likely added later. Warp: Z singles cotton; 9 epc. Weft: alternate picks of thick (plied) and thin.

Made/Created

Date made

1812 - 1849

Place

* Untyped Place

Bolton, England

Notes

Conflicting notes about date. One source indicates 1812, another suggests closer to 1830s-40s.

Dimensions

Width

93 in

Depth

100 in

Provenance

Notes

Woven by Rachael Hughes Potts. Additional note in accession file suggests that this was not actually made by Rachael Hughes Potts (Germantown resident) but was actually made in Bolton, England in the 19th century and was exported to Philadelphia.