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A JACQUARD COVERLET

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A JACQUARD COVERLET
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, double woven in colours of deep navy blue and white, featuring floral motifs and polka-dots, ascribed to Samuel Groham, signed "New Castle, Henry County, Indiana, and dated 1853", 95"x84", fringed. 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)