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Coverlet

1855
Medium/TechniqueCotton and wool
DimensionsLength x width: 240 × 220.3 cm (94 1/2 × 86 3/4 in.)
Credit LineGift of the American Textile History Museum
Accession number2017.868
On View
Not on view
ClassificationsTextiles
ProvenanceSold in Maryland prior to 1935, Sold to the American Textile History Museum, Lowell, MA; 2017, gift of the American Textile History Museum to the MFA. (Accession date: June 21, 2017)
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James Alexander (Weaver, possibly)
around 1827
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Unknown (Weaver, possibly Auburn Prison)
About 1840
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Unknown (Weaver)
1790-1820
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Unknown (Weaver)
1790-1820
Lydia Spofford (Weaver)
1740
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John LaTourette (Weaver, probably)
around 1843
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Unknown (Weaver)
1790-1820
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Samuel Meily (Weaver)
about 1847
Unknown (Weaver)
1846
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Unknown (Weaver)
First quarter of the 19th century
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John Clapham (Weaver)
1849
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Unknown (Weaver)
Late-18th to early-19th century