Three-color Woven Wool and Cotton Coverlet with Giraffe Border

Description:

Three-color Woven Wool and Cotton Coverlet with Giraffe Border, America, dated 1852, two-piece, double weave coverlet with red and blue wool and natural cotton, with a central field of intersecting rows of grapevines, birds, and floral medallions, bordered on two sides with heart, scroll, and leaf designs, and the bottom bordered with giraffes and trees alternating with a house and birds perched on a flower, two corner blocks with "1852" over the initials "H.R.," (minor losses),88 x 81 in.

Literature: This coverlet is pictured in Coverlets and the Spirit of America, Melinda Zongor (Schiffer Publishing, Ltd., Pennsylvania, 2002),pp. 162-63. Zongor writes: "Unexpected as they are, exotic animals appear occasionally on coverlets. Perhaps they were inspired by a drawing in a book or by a travelling show. This was an era of great discoveries and interest in things new and different."
Estimate $800-1,200

Some losses to fringe, and minor losses and fraying to wool on edges.


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