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A JACQUARD COVERLET

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A JACQUARD COVERLET
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double woven, featuring alternating rows of pink, olive, blue and beige floral motifs, birds and floral borders, 87"x76", unsigned, Pennsylvania, circa 1850"s. Condition: fringes of bottom edge worn, fabric torn, partial missing at center top. 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)