Woven Candlewick Spread: Octagonal Central Medallion for Salley Tanner184999 1/2 × 97 1/4"Wool and cottonGift of Robert Bishop1985.37.120Woven candlewick spread constructed of three c.33 1/4" loom widths pieces horizontally. Central octagonal medallion inside five suquared frames. Four pine trees and flower forms around center 8-pointed star inside octagon; star-shaped flower each outside corner of octagon. First border with blue dots on linen field; second with flower forms and squares set on points; third with eight-pointed stars; fourth with flower forms on triangular bases, eight-pointed star each corner; fifth with flowers and hearts on geometric running border three sides fourth side with six stars flanking name, number and date.1529451042Hannah Leathers WilsonTextilesThe American Folk Art Museum believes this work to be in the public domain.Woven inscription along one outside border******Salley Tanner no 157 1849******SandwichSandwichUnited StatesMassachusettsTextilesSandwichQUILTThis is one of a group of several featuring identical and nearly identical patterns. The name "L.N. Whitehouse" and "Liberty N. Whitehouse" appears on at least two coverlets and each is numbered, dated and bears a woman's name, presumably the woman the coverlet was woven for. One also contains the information "H.W. Aged 72." Woven candlewick spreads differ form the embroidered examples in technique, through the effect is frequently similar. Embroidered whitework uses "roving" embrodiered onto the surface of the spread; the woven examples used a reed placed under selected loops of roving from the flat web. While the reed held the loops up, the weaver stepped on the treadle. The result was a raised loop which formed a pattern across the smooth surface of the coverlet. The Lancashire, England in the late 18th/early 19th century where a cottage industry produced what is known as "'Bolton Quilts." A similar technique is found in Canada in the "Boutonne Coverlets" of the lower St. Lawerence area. They were probably introduced into America sometime in the 1820's but it is very difficult to distinguish among examples from the three countried without a specific family history. New research by Donna-Belle Garvin, New Hampshire Historical Society, shows the maker as a Farmington, new Hampshire weaver, Hannah Leathers Wilson, hence the initials "HW". See paper in file.18491849 1985 37 12 QUILTThis is one of a group of several featuring identical and nearly identical patterns. The name "L.N. Whitehouse" and "Liberty N. Whitehouse" appears on at least two coverlets and each is numbered, dated and bears a woman's name, presumably the woman the coverlet was woven for. One also contains the information "H.W. Aged 72." Woven candlewick spreads differ form the embroidered examples in technique, through the effect is frequently similar. Embroidered whitework uses "roving" embrodiered onto the surface of the spread; the woven examples used a reed placed under selected loops of roving from the flat web. While the reed held the loops up, the weaver stepped on the treadle. The result was a raised loop which formed a pattern across the smooth surface of the coverlet. The Lancashire, England in the late 18th/early 19th century where a cottage industry produced what is known as "'Bolton Quilts." A similar technique is found in Canada in the "Boutonne Coverlets" of the lower St. Lawerence area. They were probably introduced into America sometime in the 1820's but it is very difficult to distinguish among examples from the three countried without a specific family history. New research by Donna-Belle Garvin, New Hampshire Historical Society, shows the maker as a Farmington, new Hampshire weaver, Hannah Leathers Wilson, hence the initials "HW". See paper in file.