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Metadata
Object Name |
Coverlet |
Common Name |
Bedspread |
Catalog Number |
1998.29 |
Date |
ca. 1835 |
Material(s) |
Wool/Cotton |
Dimensions |
H-94.5 W-84 inches |
Description |
This is a double woven coverlet made of indigo wool and white cotton. The coverlet was woven in two 42" wide panels and stitched together at the center. The sides are the selvedges and the bottom has a fringed edge. The top is finished with a hand-stitch. The pattern is a variation of the "Four Snowball and Four Roses" pattern. It is a summer-winter design. The border is composed of a double pine tree configuration, and each tree has two tree-trunks. The corners have nine "trunks" on each side that cross one another to create a checkered design. Each snowball and rose pattern repeat is 6" wide by 6.25" tall with the four snowballs lined up in the center and stacked two by two. A rose is in each corner of the design and the pattern is outlined to create a square repeated throughout the coverlet. The outer edge of the coverlet is trimmed with a block-shaped scallop pattern. |
Notes |
According to the donor, this coverlet was part of the hope chest of Alice Miranda Simpson McCrocklin (1854-1951) of Mt. Washington in Bullitt County. She married Alfred McCrocklin (1850-1917) in 1871. After Mr. McCrocklin's death in 1917, she moved in with her daughter, the donor's mother. The donor received the coverlet in 1956 when she married. |
Collection |
Wanda Turk Collection |
People |
McCrocklin, Alice Miranda Simpson |
Subjects |
Textiles Bedspreads Weaving |
Search Terms |
Coverlet Mt. Washington (Ky.) Bullitt County (Ky.) |
Physical Holder |
Kentucky Historical Society - KHS |