$360
Three-color Woven Wool and Cotton Tied Beiderwand Coverlet with Alphabet Motif, reportedly originated in Pennsylvania, 1849, two-piece coverlet woven with red, navy, and green wool yarns and natural cotton with a central field of squares woven alternating patterns of sunbursts bordered with the letters of the alphabet A through L, and flower and leafy medallions; bordered on three sides with blossoming and leafy potted plants, and two corner blocks with stylized trees and flowers and woven inscription "1849/M. KRADY," (scattered small losses), approx. 98 x 92 in. Literature: This coverlet is pictured in Coverlets and the Spirit of America , Melinda Zongor (Schiffer Publishing, Ltd., Pennsylvania, 2002), pp. 142-43.
Auctioneer:
Skinner
Date:
2013-10-27
