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A JACQUARD COVERLET

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A JACQUARD COVERLET
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, double weave in colours of blue, red, green and beige, floral and bird motifs, 94"x95", fringed, "manufactured by Jacob Schnell near Shrewsberry, York County, PA., 1862. Condition: Excellent. 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)