Coverlets
Coverlets are woven bedcovers and usually include borders. During the late 18th and early 19th centuries American geometric patterned coverlets were often woven at home. By the late 1820s, patented loom attachments were available enabling professional weavers to produce the more complex patterns in ‘figured & fancy’ coverlets. These coverlets often included flowers, birds, trees, buildings, a date, weaver name, client name, place name and/or a phrase or slogan. Geometric coverlets continued to be woven, both in the home and by professional weavers.
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Coverlet, geometric, terra cotta, white, two-piece, added fringe, full-view.
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![Coverlet, Blue & White, Figured & Fancy, Tied Beiderwand, 2 panels, center seam, flowers, eagles, willow trees, apple trees, border on 3 sides, no fringe, Corner Block: "ELIZABE | TH REY| NOLDS | J. M. | DAVIDSON | FANCY | WEAVER | LODI, 1839" [Elizabeth Reynolds J. M. Davidson, Fancy Weaver, Lodi, 1839] Side Borders: "LIBERTY"](https://lattaroxfarm.com/sites/lattaroxfarm.com/files/styles/borealis_medium_respondsmall/public/DSC00826%20%282%29.JPG?itok=tbleT2fi "Coverlet, Blue & White, Figured & Fancy, Tied Beiderwand, 2 panels, center seam, flowers, eagles, willow trees, apple trees, border on 3 sides, no fringe, Corner Block: \"ELIZABE | TH REY| NOLDS | J. M. | DAVIDSON | FANCY | WEAVER | LODI, 1839\" [Elizabeth Reynolds J. M. Davidson, Fancy Weaver, Lodi, 1839] Side Borders: \"LIBERTY\"")
Coverlet, Blue & White, Figured & Fancy, Tied Beiderwand, full view.
Elizabeth Reynolds, J. M. Davidson, Fancy Weaver, Lodi, 1839Cotton, Wool -
Geometric, Blue and white coverlet, 2 panel, center seam, fringe on three sides, full view.
Cotton, Wool -
Coverlet, Blue & White, Figured & Fancy, Doubleweave, Corner Block: "TRYPHENA LAIRE 1836".
Corner Block: "TRYPHENA LAIRE 1836", no weaver or location given, Tryphena Laire name found in Erie County, NYCotton, Wool -
Coverlet, Blue & White, Figured & Fancy, True Beiderwand, 2 Panels, "1850, SENA EDWARDS, DARIEN, GENESEE CO NY".
"1850, SENA EDWARDS, DARIEN, GENESEE CO NY"Cotton, Wool -
Coverlet, Blue & White, Figured & Fancy, Double Weave, 2 Panel, "ELIZABETH WEAVER BENTON NY 1832"
ELIZABETH WEAVER BENTON NY 1832Cotton, Wool -
Coverlet, Red, Green & Natural, Figured & Fancy, Tied Beiderwand, "FEHR & KECK MANUFACTURER EMAUS PA"
FEHR & KECK MANUFACTURER EMAUS PACotton, Wool -
Coverlet, Blue & White, Figured & Fancy, Doubleweave, "MARIA TOWNSEND VARICK N YORK (NY) 1837"
"MARIA TOWNSEND VARICK N YORK 1837"Cotton, Wool -
Coverlet, Blue & Natural, Figured & Fancy, Double Weaver, 2 Panel, Corner Block: "E. BENNETT, BETHANY, GENESEE COUNTY, N.Y. 1832"
"E. BENNETT, BETHANY, GENESEE COUNTY, N.Y. 1832"Cotton, Wool -
Coverlet, Geometric, Overshot, Green, Brown, Black & Natural, Linen, Wool, 2 Panel, Fringe: Applied
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Coverlet, Figured & Fancy, Blue & Natural, Double Weave, 1 piece, Border: 4 Sides, Border: Grapevine, Corner Block: 8 Point Star, Mark in Side Borders: "HILA BAYLES 1835", Long Island.
"HILA BAYLES 1835"Cotton, Wool -
Coverlet, Figured & Fancy, Blue & White, Double Weave, "Hannah Taber, Scipio, NY 1832"
HANNAH TABER, SCIPIO NY 1832Wool, Cotton -
Coverlet, Figured & Fancy, Blue & White, Double Weave, "1837 E + K", Eagle, Pluses,
"1837 E + K", Eagle, PlusesWool, Cotton -
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Coverlet, Figured & Fancy, Tied Beiderwand, Red, Blue & Olive, Greenish-Blue Warp, 2 Panel, "Joseph Devler, Henry Maele, 1836"
JOSEPH DEVLER HENRY MAELE 1836Wool, Cotton -
Coverlet, Figured & Fancy, Tied Beiderwand, Blue & White, 2 Panel, Corner Blocks upside down: "WOVE BY J. SHERMAN OF MT. MORRIS FOR P.A. SMITH N. 1837"
WOVE BY J. SHERMAN OF MT. MORRIS FOR P.A. SMITH N. 1837Wool, Cotton
