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A woven coverlet or coverlid (derived from Cat. ''cobre-lit'') is a type of
/ref> and a lighter " Williamsburg blue" were also used.
From the turn of the 19th century, simple twill-woven coverlets gave way to patterned hand-woven coverlets made in two different ways:
*Overshot weave coverlets were made with a plain woven undyed cotton warp and weft and repeating geometric patterns made with a supplementary dyed 
Summer-winter coverlets were reversible, and the summer-winter term refers to the structure not the color. The summer-winter coverlet should not be confused with double weave and is more closely related to overshot. Like double weave, it is dark on one side and light on the other but there is only one layer of cloth, therefore it is much lighter in mass and thickness.
Following the introduction of the Coverlets Special Exhibit
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Allstand Cottage Industries brochure
at the Hunter Library Digital Collections, retrieved 20 June 2007 *Kelly, Andrew: ''Kentucky by Design: The Decorative Arts and American Culture'', Lexington, University Press of Kentucky, 2015, * MADISON ALCEDO
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(1830s-1870s) the Allison-Antrim Museum,
Illinois Jacquard Coverlets and Weavers
* ttp://www.coverletmuseum.org The National Museum of the American Coverlet - Bedford, PA {{weaving Weaving Textile arts of the United States
A woven coverlet or coverlid (derived from Cat. ''cobre-lit'') is a type of bed
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covering with a woven
Woven fabric is any textile formed by weaving. Woven fabrics are often created on a loom, and made of many threads woven on a warp and a weft. Technically, a woven fabric is any fabric made by interlacing two or more threads at right angles to on ...
design in colored wool
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yarn
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on a background of natural linen
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Linen is very strong, absorbent, and dries faster than cotton. Because of these properties, linen is comfortable to wear in hot weather and is valued for use in garments. It also ...
or cotton
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. Coverlets were woven in almost every community in the United States from the colonial era until the late 19th century.Weissman, Judith Reiter and Wendy Lavitt: ''Labors of Love: America's Textiles and Needlwork, 1650-1930'', New York, Wings Books, 1987, , p. 80-97
History
Coverlets of 18th century America weretwill
Twill is a type of textile weave with a pattern of diagonal parallel ribs. It is one of three fundamental types of textile weaves along with plain weave and satin. It is made by passing the weft thread over one or more warp threads then under ...
-woven with a linen warp
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and woolen weft
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. The wool was most often dye
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d a dark blue from indigo
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, but madder
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red, walnut
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brown,American Woven “Coverlids”/ref> and a lighter " Williamsburg blue" were also used.
From the turn of the 19th century, simple twill-woven coverlets gave way to patterned hand-woven coverlets made in two different ways:
*Overshot weave coverlets were made with a plain woven undyed cotton warp and weft and repeating geometric patterns made with a supplementary dyed woolen
Woolen (American English) or woollen (Commonwealth English) is a type of yarn made from carded wool. Woolen yarn is soft, light, stretchy, and full of air. It is thus a good insulator, and makes a good knitting yarn. Woolen yarn is in contrast t ...
weft. Made on a simple four-harness loom
A loom is a device used to weave cloth and tapestry. The basic purpose of any loom is to hold the warp threads under tension to facilitate the interweaving of the weft threads. The precise shape of the loom and its mechanics may vary, but th ...
, overshot coverlets were often made in the home and remained a common craft in rural Appalachia
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into the early 20th century.
*Double-cloth coverlets were double-woven, with two sets of interconnected warps and wefts, requiring the more elaborate looms of professional weavers. Wool for these coverlets was spun (and often dyed) at home and then delivered to a local weaver who made up the coverlet.
Summer-winter coverlets were reversible, and the summer-winter term refers to the structure not the color. The summer-winter coverlet should not be confused with double weave and is more closely related to overshot. Like double weave, it is dark on one side and light on the other but there is only one layer of cloth, therefore it is much lighter in mass and thickness.
Following the introduction of the jacquard loom
The Jacquard machine () is a device fitted to a loom that simplifies the process of manufacturing textiles with such complex patterns as brocade, damask and matelassé. The resulting ensemble of the loom and Jacquard machine is then called a Ja ...
in the early 1820s, machine-woven coverlets in large-scale floral designs became popular./ref>
See also
*Linsey-woolsey
Linsey-woolsey (less often, woolsey-linsey or in Scots, ) is a coarse twill or plain-woven fabric woven with a linen warp and a woollen weft. Similar fabrics woven with a cotton warp and woollen weft in Colonial America were also called linsey-wo ...
Notes
References
*Weissman, Judith Reiter and Wendy Lavitt: ''Labors of Love: America's Textiles and Needlwork, 1650-1930'', New York, Wings Books, 1987,Allstand Cottage Industries brochure
at the Hunter Library Digital Collections, retrieved 20 June 2007 *Kelly, Andrew: ''Kentucky by Design: The Decorative Arts and American Culture'', Lexington, University Press of Kentucky, 2015, * MADISON ALCEDO
DIY Chunky Knit Blanket Tutorials For Mastering the Cozy Viral Trend
External links
(1830s-1870s) the Allison-Antrim Museum,
Greencastle, Pennsylvania
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History
James Patton, who came to America at ag ...
Illinois Jacquard Coverlets and Weavers
* ttp://www.coverletmuseum.org The National Museum of the American Coverlet - Bedford, PA {{weaving Weaving Textile arts of the United States