Coverlet
Object NameCoverlet
Artist / Maker
Joseph Gilmour
(Scottish-American, born 1805)
Artist / Maker
William Gilmour
(Scottish-American, born 1807)
Date1843
MediumDark blue wool and white cotton
Dimensions74 × 176 in. (188 × 447 cm)
ClassificationsTextiles and Apparel
Credit LineTranferred from Applied Arts Department. In the Farm House Museum Collection, Farm House Museum, University Museums, Iowa State University, Ames, Iowa.
Object number74.32.129
Status
On viewCollections
CultureAmerican
Label TextThis coverlet is easily recognized as the work of the Gilmour brothers. Woven in double weave in a blue and white color scheme, the coverlet features the brother's well-known sailboat trademark in the corner block and house and paling fence foot border. In the early 1830s, the Gilmour brothers emigrated from Kilmarnock, Scotland, as trained weavers. Approximately fifty coverlets spanning the years between 1838 and 1842 have been attributed as the brothers' work.
MarkingsYEAR 1843 in corner block
Locations
- (not entered) Iowa State University, Farm House Museum, Bedroom
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