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Coverlet

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Collection
Heritage Center Collection
Object ID
G.80.137.2
Date Range
1840
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Collection
Heritage Center Collection
Description
Jacquard coverlet, cotton warp and wool weft. Wool is dyed with madder red, indigo blue and green. Made with a 4 & 1 tiedown weave structure. Joined at center seam.
Corner block reads: "Made by J. Witmer, Manor Township, for Mary Shopf, 1840."
Note: Mary Shopf''s 1841 sampler is G.80.137.1.
Witmer, Jacob (1797 - 1887) Extant coverlets: 1837-1851
Provenance
Descent: Maker Mary Shopf Hertzler to daughter Mary Hertzler Herr to son Amos Herr to daughter and donor Anna C. Herr Wilkinson.
Genealogy: Mary Shopf (1 Feb 1823 - 12 Mar 1903) m. Rudolph Hertzler, dau. Mary Hertzler (16 Aug 1849 - 14 Apr 1929) m. Christian Herr, son Amos Herr (b. 1876) m. A.M. Hollinger, dau. Anna C. Herr m. Harold Wilkinson." (Anna is donor)
Maker was possibly the daughter of Henry Shopf & Elizabeth K. Kauffman. Henry was from Manor Twp.
Date Range
1840
Made By
Witmer, Jacob
Storage Location
LancasterHistory, Lancaster, PA
Storage Room
DAC
Storage Wall
Island 2
Storage Cabinet
Unit 13
Storage Shelf
Top Shelf
Storage Container
Box 1013
Subcategory
Bedding
Object Name
Coverlet
Material
Cotton, Wool
Length (in)
101
Width (in)
88
Dimension Details
Includes fringe.
Condition
Good
Condition Date
2015-10-12
Object ID
G.80.137.2
Notes
Weaver Jacob Witmer also cited in :
1. Heisey, John W., compiler. A Checklist of American Coverlet Weavers. Williamsburg, VA: The Colonial Wmsbrg. Foundation, 1978. p.120.
3. Anderson, Clarita. American Coverlets and Their Weavers. Wmsburg, VA, 2002. p.230.
Place of Origin
Manor Twp.
Credit
Gift of Mrs. Harold Wilkinson
Accession Number
G.80.137
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