Object Details
- Description
- The donor’s grandmother, Valine Hulbert of Oak Hill, Livingston County, New York wove this blue and white, overshot coverlet sometime in the mid-nineteenth century. More research is needed to determine Hulbert’s life dates, and the name, Valine appears to possibly be her middle name. The pattern is most commonly referred to as “Double Chariot Wheel” or “Church Windows” with table. The white yarns are 2-ply, S-twist, Z-spun cotton, the blue yarns are Z-spun wool singles. The coverlet is woven in two panels, each 37.5 inches wide. The panels were sewn together by hand. There is a self-fringe on 3 sides of the coverlet. Overshot coverlets like this one could be made at the home on a simple four-shaft looms and allowed women with the skills to use their family’s raw materials to create decorative bedcoverings, saving money for the purchase of goods the family could not produce on their own.
- Location
- Currently not on view
- Data Source
- National Museum of American History
- date made
- mid 19th century
- Credit Line
- Gift of Royal H.Trembly
- Physical Description
- "Double Chariot Wheels" (overall pattern)
- blue (overall color)
- white (overall color)
- wool (overall material)
- cotton (overall material)
- overshot (overall production method/technique)
- Measurements
- overall: 84 in x 75 in; 213.36 cm x 190.5 cm
- Object Name
- coverlet, overshot
- coverlet
- overshot
- coverlet, overshot
