Bedspread

Object Name:

Bedspread

Object ID:

1967.065.01

Place of Origin:

Claremont, NH

Date:

circa 1840

Description:

Coverlet. Overshot. Handwoven with homespun wool, undyed linen warp and weft of two-ply S-twist yarns with brown and saffron supplementary two ply S-twist worsted wool wefts. Narrow horizontal stripes and squares pattern. Individual squares measure 1.75". Blue stripe 2" wide. Followed by a 6.5" stripe of alternating blue and saffron squares. Two 39" width panels seamed selvedge to selvedge at center. Right and left ends finished with a blue strip 1.75" with little tufts of warp yarns along edge seamed to the selvedge edge with the strip side rolled under .13" and whipstitched. Bottom finished with a gathered bundle of four warp floats which hang for 1.75" are then woven into another blue strip which is finally fringed 1.25" at the end.

Material:

Textile
Wool
Cotton

Dimensions:

W-79.5 L-89.5 inches

Provenance:

Gift of Alice C. Haubrich, who says this coverlet was hand-loomed in Claremont, NH.

Credit Line:

Gift of Alice Clark Haubrich

People:

Haubrich, Alice C. (1915-2002)

Subjects:

Bedspreads, Weaving