Pennsylvania coverlet by Joseph Deavler for Anna Rudy, 1844, tied beiderwand

Woven Textile

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Foster & Muriel McCarl Coverlet Gallery

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Name/Title

Pennsylvania coverlet by Joseph Deavler for Anna Rudy, 1844, tied beiderwand

Entry/Object ID

2008.1.141

Description

white; seamless; no fringe; no corner blocks; beetles on border; nursery rhymes and characters on centerfield

Collection

Foster and Muriel McCarl Collection

Category

Backward seam
Error

Acquisition

Accession

2008.1

Source or Donor

McCarl, Foster & Muriel

Acquisition Method

Gift

Credit Line

gift of Foster & Muriel McCarl

Made/Created

Artist

Deavler, Joseph

Date made

1844

Notes

Woven for Anna Rudy

Inscription/Signature/Marks

Location

throughout

Transcription

"Gentleman Pug, Lady Bug, Goosey Goosey Gander, Old King Cole, Dong Bell, Humpty Dumpty sat on a wall, Mother Hubbard, Jack & Jill, simple simon, a frog hey would a-wading co, hey diddle diddle"

Material/Technique

Woven

Other Names and Numbers

Other Numbers

Number Type

Other Number

Other Number

McCarl No.

Dimensions

Width

45 in

Length

57-1/2 in

Material

Cotton, Wool