Four roses pattern with Eagle border
Object NameCoverlet
Artist / Maker
Jacob Impson
(American, 1802 - 1869)
Date1832
MediumCotton, wool
Dimensions86 × 80 in. (218.4 × 203.2 cm)
ClassificationsTextiles and Apparel
Credit LineGift of Eleanor Brown. In the Farm House Museum Collection, Farm House Museum, University Museums, Iowa State University, Ames, Iowa.
Object number85.23.5
Status
Not on viewCollections
CultureAmerican
Label TextJacob Impson wove this blue and white double-cloth coverlet for Lucy Pinneo in 1832. The coverlet was woven from two sets of cotton and wool warp and weft and has no fringe. The names Lucy Pinneo and Jacob Impson and the date 1832 are woven into the lower corner blocks.
Jacob Impson (1802-1869) wove coverlets from at least 1832-1845 in Ludlowville and Cortland Village, Cortland County, New York. Impson advertised in the 1824 Ithaca Journal that he was operating a weaving workshop out of the home of John Goodrich. At some point before 1834, Impson relocated to the county seat, Cortland Village where he wove this coverlet.
MarkingsOn two sides of coverlet the following inscription is woven in: Lucy Pinneo J. Impson, 1832
Locations
- (not entered) Iowa State University, Farm House Museum, Bedroom
