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1983-9(R), Woven Coverlet
Woven Coverlet
1983-9(R), Woven Coverlet

Woven Coverlet

Date1983
Artist/Maker Kathleen Smith
MediumWool and linen; vegetable dyed yarn
DimensionsOW: 75 1/2" X OL: 80 1/2"
Credit LineMuseum Purchase
Object number1983-9 (R)
DescriptionThis is a rectangular coverlet handwoven in indigo blue and natural linen in a geometric pattern. The weft yarns show color variation from different lots of natural-dyed indigo. The coverlet is constructed of two panels of woven cloth, centered seamed with a butted selvage.

Per weaver, the coverlet was woven from a 1716 draft by Thomas Jackson, a weaver from Yorkshire, England.