Woven Overshot Coverlet by an unidentified maker
Date1790-1820
MediumDark blue and white overshot pattern, cotton tabby warp, cotton weft, pattern-weft wool.
DimensionsOW: 64"; OL: 98"
Credit LineGift of Mrs. Baskerville Bridgeforth
Object number1967-275
DescriptionThis is an overshot coverlet: (4-harness) in dark indigo blue homespun wool on natural cotton tabby ground. The pattern is a variation of "one of the most famous of the old patterns appearing again and again in the old work in modified forms", i.e., wheel pattern called in the 19th c. "Sun, Moon, and Stars." Coverlet woven in 2 32" width strips and seamed vertically, with pattern well-matched at seam; hemmed top and bottom.ca. 1770; altered 1870-1885.
ca. 1770; remade second half of 19th
1780-1800; backing 1750-1780
1825-1850