Sumer n Winter 47 - The Coverlet Book · a copy of an old coverlet, but the weave structure of the...
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P59 D49 - S&W 47 - SUMMER AND WINTER 399 T8206 First Impressions D49, P58-P59 n Immediately upon seeing this coverlet, you sense it is different from the early ones. Everything here is so precise, stiff and formal-looking! Yes, it’s good looking and interesting with its pine tree border, snowballs and unusual tic-tac-toe-like motifs, but is it old? I doubt it very much. On Looking Closer The documentation verifies what my senses felt: this is not an early piece. It was woven in Berea College, Berea, Kentucky in 1938 for a Smithsonian Institution exhibit. The documentation says that it is a copy of an old coverlet, but the weave structure of the original is not specified. Perhaps the original was Summer and Winter, but we really don’t know. It’s a five-block pattern. Seven harnesses and 12 treadles were needed to weave it and the blocks combine prettily. T8206, Summer and Winter, woven in 1938, 5 block, 7H, 12 treadles, blocks combine, 30 epi, 30 Tppi, 30 patt ppi, Warp and T = white cotton – a little finer than 20/2 cotton, Patt = deep blue wool, harsher feel than the early cov- erlets, treadled as today’s coverlets, no half units, 45° angle, one panel, 24 ¼” w × 67” l, border, crossed pine trees, no fringes, perfectly woven. One square of the draft represents four ends. P58
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T8206 First Impressions D49, P58-P59 n
Immediately upon seeing this coverlet, you sense itis different from the early ones. Everything here isso precise, stiff and formal-looking! Yes, it’s goodlooking and interesting with its pine tree border,snowballs and unusual tic-tac-toe-like motifs, butis it old? I doubt it very much.
On Looking Closer
The documentation verifies what my senses felt: thisis not an early piece. It was woven in Berea College,Berea, Kentucky in 1938 for a SmithsonianInstitution exhibit. The documentation says that it isa copy of an old coverlet, but the weave structure ofthe original is not specified. Perhaps the original wasSummer and Winter, but we really don’t know.
It’s a five-block pattern. Seven harnesses and 12treadles were needed to weave it and the blockscombine prettily.
T8206, Summer and Winter, woven in 1938, 5 block, 7H, 12 treadles, blockscombine, 30 epi, 30 Tppi, 30 patt ppi, Warp and T = white cotton – a littlefiner than 20/2 cotton, Patt = deep blue wool, harsher feel than the early cov-erlets, treadled as today’s coverlets, no half units, 45° angle, one panel, 24 ¼” w × 67” l, border, crossed pine trees, no fringes, perfectly woven.
One square of the draft represents four ends.
P58
