Coverlet
Artist
Dorothea Waller Tazewell
(American, active 19th century)
CultureAmerican
Date1810
MediumCambric | Cotton
DimensionsOverall: 54 x 43 in. (137.2 x 109.2 cm)
Credit LineGift of Mrs. Rufus Parks
Object number57.25.1
Not on view
DescriptionCorded and padded crib coverlet of white cambric and coarser cotton backing. Fringed. Artist is the mother of Governor Littleton Waller Tazewell and ancestress of the donor. Coverlet is curved at the bottom. It has an all over design of flowers and foliage beginning in the center with a basket of blossoms surrounded by a grape vine with fruit. There are sprays of fruits and flowers and escallop shells beyond this and a border of swagged double ribbons bow knotted and tassled.Exhibition HistoryMyers House Published ReferencesVirginia Consortium of Quilters, _Quilts of Virginia 1607 - 1899; The Birth of America Through the Eye of a Needle_ (Atglen, PA: Schiffer Publishing, 2006), 25 & 28. ISBN: 0-7643-2465-9
1800-1850
March 22, 1880
ca. 1760
