Double-weave Coverlet

CultureAmerican
Titles
  • Double-weave Coverlet
Date1831
Made inUnited States
MediumCotton and wool, Jacquard-loom-woven
Dimensions82 × 81in. (208.3 × 205.7cm) plus 5in. (12.7cm) fringe from warp

Credit LineThe Bayou Bend Collection, gift of the estate of Miss Ima Hogg
Object numberB.76.35
Not on view

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Department
Bayou Bend
Object Type
Description

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.
Inscriptions, Signatures and Marks
Inscribed in cross-stitch: SL / 31
[no marks]

Cataloguing data may change with further research.

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