Coverlet
1820–1840
- Medium
- Cotton and wool, plain weave with supplementary wefts in composite point twill weave (star work, multiple shaft); two loom widths joined; edged with extended supplementary weft fringe
- Dimensions
- 224.2 × 179.8 cm (88 1/4 × 70 3/4 in.); Repeat: 15.9 × 14.6 cm (6 1/4 × 5 3/4 in.)
- Genre
- weaving - coverlet
- Museum
- Art Institute of Chicago
Styles
Tags
gridscotton (textile)wool (textile)weaving - coverletstarsstar workAmerican Fancycoverletdiamond shapestwill weavingsquaresTextileweavinggeometric motiflinesplain weaving
About
Star work coverlets such as this one and this one (AIC 2014.1165) are probably the work of German immigrant weaves in Pennsylvania between 1820 and 1840. Most of the weavers were anonymous, although there are a few instances in which individual practitioners are known and can be associated with particular technical features or pattern details.