Coverlet

About this artwork

Status

Currently Off View

Department

Textiles

Artist

John B. Welty (Weaver)

Title

Coverlet

Place

Maryland (Object made in)

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Made 1839

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; fringed

Inscriptions

Inscription: John B. Welty Boonsboro Washington County Maryland

Dimensions

229.4 × 221.2 cm (90 1/4 × 87 in.); Repeat: 56.5 × 40.3 cm (90 1/4 × 87 in.)

Credit Line

Gift of Dr. Frank W. Gunsaulus

Reference Number

1911.522

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