Power-woven coverlet, 1871, doubleweave

Photograph

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Foster & Muriel McCarl Coverlet Gallery

Name/Title

Power-woven coverlet, 1871, doubleweave

Entry/Object ID

CDP 26.5.074

Description

This figured & fancy coverlet was likely power-woven in a Pennsylvania manufactory ca. 1871. It has a portrait of George Washington in all four corners with the inscription "Washington Hail 1871." The coverlet was woven full-width and has no center seam. It has a center medallion pattern with a central star on a basketweave background, with an elaborate floral urn border on all sides. It has self-fringe on the sides and applied fringe on the bottom. The power-woven doubleweave structure has an unbalanced ground layer of multi-strand undyed cotton warp with thick undyed cotton weft filler. The unbalanced pattern layer combines widely-spaced thin blue warp with red, brown, light green and blue wool weft.

Context

Photographed in August 2026 in Turbotville, PA for the Coverlet Documentation Project. All rights reserved.

Collection

Appleman Collection

Made/Created

Date made

1871

Inscription/Signature/Marks

Type

Cornerblock inscription

Location

LL, LR, UL, UR

Transcription

WASHING TON/ HAIL 1871

Material/Technique

Woven

Color

Red, Light Green, Brown, Blue