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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
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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
Reverend Charles Backus McLean
October 1850
Gift of William Mason Holmes, Frances Holmes Boothby, and Alice Ovilla Holmes, great grandchild…
Hannah Boardman
1820
Dress
Mary Jane Buel
about 1855-1860