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A JACQUARD COVERLET

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A JACQUARD COVERLET
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, double woven, in colours of red, blue and white, star and floral motifs, 87 ½"x82", fringed, made by "John Hamilton, Jackson Township, Northumberland County, 1838, P.A.N." Condition: in need of some repair and restoration. Note: J.M. Jacquard, French, 1752-1834, inventor of the loom with endless belt of cords punched with holed, arranged to produce a figured weave, adapted by American weavers early/mid 19th. C. (Webster's)