$1,845
Woven Wool and Cotton Coverlet with Sailboat Corner Blocks, Gilmour family, Dunlapsville, Union County, Indiana, "Year 1839," two-piece, double weave navy and white coverlet depicting a central field of floral medallions in a grid, with floral borders on two sides, and a country house with fence and two signature sailboat corner blocks distinctive to the Gilmour family of weavers, with fringe on one end, (minor toning), 91 x 73 in. Literature: This coverlet is pictured in Coverlets and the Spirit of America , Melinda Zongor (Schiffer Publishing, Ltd., Pennsylvania, 2002), pp. 74-5. Zongor writes, "Three of the four Gilmour brothers, Gabriel, Joseph, and William, were weavers...the wonderful sailing ship trademark is uniquely theirs, as is the charming sturdy-looking country house."
Auctioneer:
Skinner
Date:
2013-10-27
