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Overshot Coverlet
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Overshot Coverlet

Textile Maker
Dateabout 1800-1850
MediumHand-woven cotton and wool
DimensionsPrimary Dimensions (height x width, excluding fringe): 90 x 84 1/2in. (228.6 x 214.6cm) Other (length of fringe): 2 1/4in. (5.7cm)
ClassificationsTextiles
Credit LineThe Newman S. Hungerford Museum Fund
Object number2002.56.2
DescriptionHand-woven coverlet in an overshot squares pattern; dark green and rust-colored wool with white cotton warp and alternating weft threads. White cotton fringe on three sides. Seamed up the center.
Status
Not on view
Gift of John T. Whitman, 1963.8.2  Photograph by Gavin Ashworth.  © 2009 The Connecticut Histor ...
Esther Lyman
1730-1760
The Newman S. Hungerford Museum Fund, 2003.6.0  Photograph by Gavin Ashworth.  © 2009 The Conne ...
Lorrain Collins
1786
Museum purchase, 1987.201.0  Photograph by David Stansbury.   © 2009 The Connecticut Historical ...
Fanny Maria Case
1835-1843
1966.49.0 on a bed.
Lucy Arnold
1815
Reverend Charles Backus McLean
October 1850
1959.56.0, Gift of Mrs. J. H. K. Davis. © 2008 The Connecticut Historical Society.
Elizabeth Foote
probably 1778
Museum purchase, 1985.45.0  Photograph by Gavin Ashworth.  © 2009 The Connecticut Historical So ...
Betsey Payne
1808
The Newman S. Hungerford Museum Fund, 2001.77.0  © 2008 The Connecticut Historical Society.
Unknown
1770
The Newman S. Hungerford Museum Fund,  2002.40.0  Photograph by Gavin Ashworth.  © 2009 The Con ...
Denison Family
1740-1760