Collection Highlights
Dish: footed compote with cover
1825-1845
1936.693ab
Glass
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Coverlet fragment
Object name
Coverlet fragment
Date
1800-1850
Medium
Wool, cotton
Dimensions
Overall: 89 1/4 x 37 1/4 x 1/4 in. ( 226.7 x 94.6 x 0.6 cm )
Description
Overshot wool and cotton coverlet fragment (half of coverlet); plaid checkerboard pattern in blue, gold, and beige.
Credit Line
Gift of Elie Nadelman
Object Number
1939.3
Gallery Label
The "overshot" weaving technique was one commonly used in the early nineteenth century. The term refers to the long passes of supplementary wool weft that overshoot the surface of the plain weave foundation and form the geometric pattern (see "American Quilts and Coverlets in the Metropolitan Museum of Art," p