Fragment of an overshot coverlet, Woven by Anna Furr, Singers Glen, VA; 1832: Museum Object and Cultural History
Fragment of an overshot coverlet, Woven by Anna Furr, Singers Glen, VA; 1832: date made: 1832. Object Name: coverlet fragment. Object Name: coverlet fragment.
The object in the museum catalogue
Fragment of a cotton and wool; blue and white; 4-harness, overshot coverlet. Pattern, "Rings and Roses" designed and woven by Anna Furr, August 22, 1832, Singers Glen, VA. Mrs.Mary M Artwater gives this pattern the name "the Whig Rose."
Materials, dates and provenance
- date made: 1832
- Object Name: coverlet fragment
- Object Name: coverlet fragment
- Physical Description: wool, cotton (overall material)
- Physical Description: overshot (overall production method/technique)
- Measurements: overall: 10 1/2 in x 9 in; 26.67 cm x 22.86 cm
- place made: United States: Virginia, Singers Glen
- ID Number: TE.T04829.000
- catalog number: T04829.000
- accession number: 71965
- Credit Line: Gift of Laura M. Allen
- Data Source: National Museum of American History
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