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A JACQUARD COVERLET

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A JACQUARD COVERLET
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, double woven, in colours of deep royal blue and white, featuring floral and scroll motifs, 89"x78", maker, "W. Craig", signed "W. V.-D.C. (for Decatur County at Greensburg) dated 1861, See American Coverlet Weaves, page 50. Consigners note; "This may have gone through Civil War". Condition: Extra Fine, although shows some wear and stains. 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)