Coverlet
Textile
Overshot coverlet woven by Caroline Walker Shelton according to oral tradition, Cat Tracks and Snail Trail variation,* dark brown (possibly from walnut dye) on cream, cream squares in a square with dark brown borders and dark brown diagonals and wavy lines as background, two 32" pieces hand sewn at center, hand hemmed top and bottom edges, 84"l x 65"w, c. 1918 (per photograph of John Walker).
* pattern name per book "Of Coverlets" by Wilson and Kennedy
2008.57.6
Purchase made possible through a grant from the State of Tennessee
Shelton, Caroline Walker
Date: 1918 c.
65 in
84 in