This pattern is called Virginia Beauty. Like the other Virginia Beauty in indigo and white, this is a double cloth / double weave. It's a different construction than overshot.
Here's the opposite side.
This photo shows the red and opposite white sides together.
This shot also shows the pine tree borders.
When you look closely at the weave of this coverlet, the red side is interwoven with blue. That was a surprise. From a distance, it reads as red only, not purple. But perhaps that contributes to the eye seeing a deeper red?
This is NOT an overshot weave structure like so many of my other coverlets. Virginia Beauty is a double weave. There was a little bit of the hem that had come undone and nicely demonstrates that there are indeed 2 fabrics in one with this specimen. They are joined where the colors change.
Seems like it might be a Goodwin Guild Reproduction Coverlet, and YES there is a tag / label to prove it. It's not as soft as some of the others that I know are Goodwin Guild coverlets. But that all depends on the wool harvested that year.
The Goodwin Guild lady in this photo is hemming a similar coverlet. [Photo from here.]
I paid $75 on Facebook Marketplace for this coverlet. It came from Illinois.
1 comment:
What a beauty and it looks so good on that bed. I'd agree that the mix of blue thread with red is letting the red read darker. I immediately spotted the pine tree borders - I don't know a lot about woven coverlets but I do recall seeing those trees on some in one of my books that includes coverlets along with quilts.
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