An overshot coverlet of natural linen, the weft "float" of turquoise coloured wool, woven with a pattern of crosses, lozenges and diamonds, joined down the middle--60 x 72in. (150 x 180cm.), late 19th/early 20th century, American

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An overshot coverlet of natural linen, the weft "float" of turquoise coloured wool, woven with a pattern of crosses, lozenges and diamonds, joined down the middle--60 x 72in. (150 x 180cm.), late 19th/early 20th century, American

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In the southern states of the U.S.A., it was believed that the seam, causing distortion of the pattern and a break in the straight line, would deflect evil spirits and insure good luck for the user. See "America's Quilts and Coverlets", Safford and Bishop, 1972, p. 221.

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