Blue and White Coverlet

Woven Textile

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The Great Bend Museum

Name/Title

Blue and White Coverlet

Entry/Object ID

1973.13.02

Description

Dark blue and white woven coverlet. Square pattern - "overshot" "Also know as the float weave, 18th and rural 19th century examples made by home and itinerant weavers on four-harness looms that were once as common a household appliance as dishwashers are today. Because they were fashioned on crude weaving machines, Overshot Coverlets are necessarily geometric in design incorporating a wide variety of stripe, square, diamond, medallion and other patterns. Made in two parts, they are always seamed in the middle. These readily available coverlets are undervalued and compliment 18th century and high country design." https://www.antiquetalk.com/index.php/antique-talk/25-antique-talk/clothing-textiles/120-antique-coverlets-an-american-heirloom#:~:text=In%20the%20corner%20block%20of%20his%20coverlet%20the,owner%27s%20town%2C%20county%2C%20state%2C%20and%20date%20of%20weaving.

Acquisition

Accession

1973.13

Source or Donor

Esther Hutchinson Daniell

Made/Created

Date made

1861 - 1865

Woven Textile Details

Weave Type

Plain Weave

Lexicon

Legacy Lexicon

Object Name

Coverlet

Relationships

Related Person or Organization

Person or Organization

Charity Koontz Hinzman