Coverlet

About this artwork

Status

Currently Off View

Department

Textiles

Title

Coverlet

Place

Ohio (Object made in)

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Made 1846

Medium

Wool and cotton, plain weave double cloth; main warp and ground weft cut fringe; woven on loom with Jacquard attachment; two loom widths joined

Inscriptions

Inscription: Capitol in Washington 1846

Dimensions

235.5 × 207.2 cm (93 3/4 × 81 5/8 in.); Repeat: 163.2 × 80.4 cm (64 1/4 × 31 5/8 in.)

Credit Line

Gift of Frank D. Carpenter

Reference Number

1950.1583

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