Double-weave Coverlet

CultureAmerican
Titles
  • Double-weave Coverlet
Date1840
Possible placeNew York, United States
Possible placeNew York, United States
MediumCotton and wool, Jacquard-loom-woven
Dimensions98 × 75 1/2 in. (248.9 × 191.7 cm)
Credit LineThe Bayou Bend Collection, gift of the estate of Miss Ima Hogg
Object numberB.76.86
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Department
Bayou Bend
Object Type
Description

Technical notes and description: Cotton and wool warp and weft Jacquard double-weave cloth. This figured and fancy two-panel coverlet of natural cotton and crimson red wool was fabricated on a handloom with an attached Jacquard mechanism. The central field has alternating rows of cherry spraylike rondels and floral (hibiscus) rondels. The rondels are separated by double-ended clusters of berried vegetation and confronting pairs of long-tailed exotic birds. The side borders are composed of a foliate chain set against an angled spotted bar background, and the foot border is a broad floral band.

Related examples: Davison and Mayer-Thurman 1973, pp. 110–11.

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.


ProvenanceMiss Ima Hogg; Estate of Miss Ima Hogg, 1975; given to MFAH, 1976
Inscriptions, Signatures and Marks
Inscribed in bottom corners: A D / 1840 [mirror image]
[no marks]

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