Name/Title
Reproduction Ohio coverlet by Jesse Hart, 1851, doubleweaveEntry/Object ID
CDP 25.8.038Description
Reproduction red and natural figured doubleweave coverlet with border on three sides. Seamless. Reproduces a coverlet pattern wove by Jesse Hart in 1851 in Wilmington, Union Twp., Clinton Co., Ohio. Inscribed is "If good we plant not, vice will fill the place and rankest weeds the richest soils deface," based on a quote of Plutarch: "The richest soil, if uncultivated, produces the rankest weeds."Collection
John and Janet Simmermaker CollectionMade/Created
Notes
Reproduction, date unknownInscription/Signature/Marks
Type
Cornerblock inscriptionLocation
LR URTranscription
If good we plant / not, vice will / fill the place. / And rankest / weeds the richest / soils deface. / wove by J. HART / Wilmington / Clinton County / OHIO 1851Language
English