Name/Title
Sayre coverlet (1832-1872)Entry/Object ID
1983.08.01Description
Blue, red, white woven coverlet in a grid 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."
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Florence Sayre inherited this coverlet from her parents, Oscar and Eliza Jane (King) Sayre. Her grandmother, Marthenia (Hill) Sayre (1832-1872) carded and spun the wool which was from the sheep raised on the farm. Oscar Sayre gathered materials to dye the wool and his mother, Marthenia, wove the coverlet for him. Marthenia was the second wife of David Sayre, he is the brother to Eprhiam whose picture hangs downstairs. Oscar was Abijah's cousin, Marthenia his aunt.Acquisition
Accession
1983.08Source or Donor
Florence Sayre, Thomas E SayreAcquisition Method
Loan
