Coverlet

About this artwork

Status

Currently Off View

Department

Textiles

Artist

Archibald Davidson (Weaver)

Title

Coverlet

Place

New York (Object made in)

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Made 1838

Medium

Cotton and wool, plain weave double cloth; woven on loom with Jacquard attachment; two loom widths joined

Inscriptions

Inscription: Woven at the Ithaca Carpet Factory by Archd Davidson 1838 E Pluribus Unum

Dimensions

229.9 × 200 cm (90 1/2 × 78 3/4 in.); Warp repeat: H.: 42.5 cm (16 3/4 in.)

Credit Line

Gift of Dr. Frank W. Gunsaulus

Reference Number

1911.226

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