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Overshot Coverlet
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Overshot Coverlet

Textile MakerMade by Unknown
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
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.
Object number2002.56.2
Subject Terms
    On View
    Not on view
    Appliqué Quilt
    Laura Crittenden
    1848
    The Newman S. Hungerford Museum Fund, 2003.6.0  Photograph by Gavin Ashworth.  © 2009 The Conne…
    Lorrain Collins
    1786
    Gift of John T. Whitman, 1963.8.2  Photograph by Gavin Ashworth.  © 2009 The Connecticut Histor…
    Esther Lyman
    1730-1760
    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
    Gift of Gerald and Rebecca Sisson, 2004.77.0  Photograph by Gavin Ashworth  © 2008 The Connecti…
    Sisson family
    1820-1840
    Pieced Quilt
    Ellen M. Hills
    about 1860
    Dress
    Mary Jane Buel
    about 1855-1860
    Reverend Charles Backus McLean
    October 1850
    Gift of Mrs. Alfred Howe Terry, 1959.1.3 © 2009 The Connecticut Historical Society.
    Unknown
    1861-1865