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Title	Woven coverlet, C. DuBois, July 4, 1824
Type	Double cloth
Subtype	Figured
Creator	Unknown
Date.Original	1824
Contributors	Plantinga, Gilbert (Photographer); LeFevre-Stratton, Leslie (Curator)
Description	Warp: natural cotton and blue dyed wool. Filling: cotton and blue dyed wool. Border inscription reads: C. DUBOIS. Corner block inscription reads: AGRICULTURE & MANUFACTURES. ARE THE FOUNDATION OF OUR INDEPENDENCE. JULY 4. 1824. Many coverlets have a center seam where two lengths of cloth were sewn together to create the coverlet width. This example is not seamed - it was woven on a wider "broad" loom.
Notes	It is thought that this group of coverlets may have been woven by several different weavers. At one time it was believed that they came out of the workshop of James Alexander of Orange County, N.Y., since striking similarities exist between the two groups. However this attribution has now been dismissed. The corner legend reading: “Agriculture & Manufactures Are The Foundation of Our Independence” is usually combined with a date (known examples ranging from the early 1820s to the late 1840s) and sometimes an addition to the inscription; “July 4” or “General Lafayette” (these additions most likely commemorating Lafayette’s return visit to America in 1824-25). However, it is not clear where the agriculture quote itself came from. Many examples of the Agriculture group of coverlets exist whose original owners lived in Dutchess and Ulster counties. Historic Huguenot Street owns four coverlets from the Agriculture group dated between 1824 and 1838 – all with Ulster County family provenance. The donor was a DuBois on both her mother and father's side, but the identity of "C. DuBois" has not been established. The works in this exhibition are on display from October 16-December 12, 2010 and January 26-March 18, 2011 at the Samuel Dorsky Museum of Art at the SUNY New Paltz, 1 Hawk Drive, New Paltz, NY. For hours and information visit http://www.newpaltz.edu/museum/.
Subject.LCSH	coverlets Woven textiles wool yarn linen plaid
Subject.TGM	Bedspreads Weaving Looms
Subject.AAT	coverlets Hand weaving looms (textile tools) weaving weft
Subject.Local	DuBois family Hoornbeck family
Personal Name	Dubois, C.
Location	Ulster County - New York
HRVH Topic	Arts & Entertainment Daily Life Domestic Life Work & Labor
Language	eng
Format.Original	Woven coverlet (double cloth, figured); 99 x 76.5 in. (251.5 x 194.3 cm.)
Resource Type	Physical Object Still Image
Source	Historic Huguenot Street Permanent Collection
Donor	Hoornbeck, Estate of Ida
Resource Identifier	1976.10694.01.jpg
Publisher.Digital	Historic Huguenot Street
Date.Digital	2010-10-05
Format.Digital	image/jpeg
Exhibit Homepage	http://www.hrvh.org/exhibit/hhsbinary/
Digital.Collection	Binary Visions
Holding.Institution	Historic Huguenot Street
Contact.Information	Library 88 Huguenot Street New Paltz, NY 12561 (845)-255-1660 http://www.huguenotstreet.org
Rights	This digital image may be used for educational or scholarly purposes without restriction. Commercial uses of the item may be subject to fees and restrictions. Please contact the holding institution for information.
Technical.Data	Archival TIFF - Leica Camera AG; Adobe Software CS4; 24 bit color; 300 ppi; RGB; 2,704,597 bytes: 1987x2500 pixels; no compression
Metadata Creator	Hurlburt, Ashley

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