- Double-weave Coverlet
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Technical notes and description: Cotton warp and wool weft Jacquard double-weave cloth. A variant of the Lover's Chain or Lover's Knot pattern composes the field of this two-panel, handloomed quilt. The borders surrounding three sides are composed of a geometric block and double-link motif. A dark side featuring olive green and brick red wool yarns is contrasted against a reverse in which cream cotton predominates.
Related examples: Davison and Mayer- Thurman 1973, pp. 62–63; DeGraw 1974, pp. 105–6; Schorsch 1978, p. 231.
Book excerpt: David B. Warren, Michael K. Brown, Elizabeth Ann Coleman, and Emily Ballew Neff. American Decorative Arts and Paintings in the Bayou Bend Collection. Houston: Princeton Univ. Press, 1998.
ProvenanceEstate of Miss Ima Hogg; given to MFAH, 1976.
Exhibition History"American Traditions: Quilts and Coverlets 1760–1900," The Caroline Weiss Law Building, Lovett Gallery, October 28, 2001–April 7, 2002, Tina M. Llorente.
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