About this artwork
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Status
- Currently Off View
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Department
- Textiles
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Artists
- Andrew Seifert (Weaver) , Emmanuel Seifert (Weaver) , Henry Seifert (Weaver)
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Title
- Coverlet
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Places
- Cumberland County (Artist's nationality:), United States (Object made in:), Pennsylvania (Object made in:)
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Date
- 1851-1900
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Medium
- Wool and cotton, plain weave with supplementary patterning wefts bound in plain interlacings with main warp cut and extended supplementary patterning weft uncut fringe; woven on loom with Jacquard attachment; two selvages present
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Inscriptions
- Inscription (in mirror image in corner blocks): SUPERIOUR. COVERLETS. MANUFACTURED. THE. LATEST. FASHION. BY SEIFERT. & CO. MECHANICSBURG. CUMBERLAND. COUNTY. PENNSYLVANIA
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Dimensions
- 287 × 238.8 cm (113 × 94 in.); Repeat: 55.3 × 66.4 cm (21 3/4 × 26 1/8 in.)
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Credit Line
- Gift of Mary Elizabeth Johnson
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Reference Number
- 1986.1374
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