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Coverlet

A work made of cotton and wool, plain weave with plain interlacings of secondary binding warps and patterning wefts (beiderwand); woven on loom with jacquard attachment; two loom widths joined.
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  • A work made of cotton and wool, plain weave with plain interlacings of secondary binding warps and patterning wefts (beiderwand); woven on loom with jacquard attachment; two loom widths joined.

Date:

1848

Artist:

S. Blocher (American, active c. 1848)
United States, Ohio, Tuscarawas County, Bolivar

About this artwork

Status

Currently Off View

Department

Textiles

Artist

S. Blocher (Weaver)

Title

Coverlet

Place

Ohio (Object made in)

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Made 1848

Medium

Cotton and wool, plain weave with plain interlacings of secondary binding warps and patterning wefts (Beiderwand); woven on loom with Jacquard attachment; two loom widths joined

Inscriptions

Inscription: S Blocher Bolivar Tuscarawas County Ohio 1848

Dimensions

185.4 × 167.8 cm (73 × 66 in.) 34.3 × 36.2 cm (13 1/2 × 14 1/4 in.)

Credit Line

Gift of the Chicago Historical Society

Reference Number

1967.194

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