Coverlet

Object/Artifact

Historic Hudson Valley

Name/Title

Coverlet

Entry/Object ID

VC.59.610

Description

Coverlet, quilted: Linsey-woolsey, navy blue (dark), with yellow lining; quilted in vine and flower patterns.

Made/Created

Artist Information

Artist

Unknown

Attribution

Maker

Notes

Dates: 1700 - 1799 Date made: r. 1700 - 1799

Material

Linen, Wool

Condition

Notes

Remarks: Details of condition: Cleaning and restoration, 1959.

General Notes

Note Type

General Note

Note

Linsey-woolsey originally a fabric partly of flax, partly of wool; later became material of coarse wool on cotton woof. (V., Oxford Universal Dictionary, Oxford, 1955)

Note Type

StorageNote

Note

Home Location: Historic Hudson Valley, Van Cortlandt Complex, Ferry House - Free Blacks' Chamber/SE