Jacquard coverlet made by Samuel Hippert. Weft yarns are red, green and blue wool and warp is natural white cotton. Two loom widths sewn together in center.
Center field has circles of foliate motifs. Border includes a double row of 8-petal flowers. At foot end and sides is an inner borders of roosters.
Weaver's blocks in corners at foot: "S+ H+ ELI/ ZABETH/ TOWN/ PA 1858/ SARAH/ ANN/ FLURY". Band with "H PATENT" repeated along runs across coverlet between weaver's blocks.
Sides are self-fringes; foot edge finished with applied fringe. Top/head edge has red cotton tape handsewn over the raw edge.
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Corner blocks have "S.H. ELIZABETHTOWN PA 1838 SARAH ANN FLURY". Hippert worked in Mount Joy ca. 1833-1838 and in Elizabethtown ca. 1835-1841.
Signers of petition: John Crull, C. A. Schaffner, Samuel D. Miller, Clayton M. Foulk, J. R. Diffenbach, J. H. Grove, John J. Libhart, Samuel Bailie, James Cushman, Samuel Peck, D. Harry, J. M. Larzelere, Peter Baker, Benjamin Taylor.
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Signers of the petition: J. R. Diffenbach, [ ] Libhart, John Crull, C. M. Foulk, Samuel Bailie, J. W. Clark, [Frederick] Zell, David Harry, C. D. Schafner, William L. Carter, Samuel Peck, J. H. Grove, John Goodman, Samuel Johnson.
Bond: James Cushman, Calvin A. Schaffner.
Receipt.
Notice.
Depositions: Samuel Peck, John Hildebrand Jr., Calvin A. Schaffner, Clayton M. Foulk, John R. Diffenbach, John Buller.
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Signers of Petition: Calvin A. Schaffner, John Schock, Samuel Bailie, John Hildebrand Jr., Clayton M. Foulk, Jacob Hess, Samuel Peck, James Cushman, John M. Walter, J. R. Diffenbach, John Crull, James Frederick.
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