A WOOL JACQUARD WOVEN COVERLET

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A WOOL JACQUARD WOVEN COVERLET
EMANUEL GRUBE, 1813 - 1890, WARWICK TOWNSHIP, LANCASTER COUNTY, PENNSYLVANIA, DATED 1843

Woven in red and blue wool in a reversible pattern of large tulip medallions interspersed with small flowerettes and starbursts, the whole enclosed by a border of meandering roses, self-bound on one side, finished with fringe on three sides, each corner identified with the name of the weaver, "Emanuel Grube," the manufacture date 1843, and the name, "H. Bomberger,"--104in. x 87½in.

Exhibited

Lancaster, Pennsylvania, Community Gallery of Lancaster County, "Lancaster County Jacquard Coverlets Made Between 1830 and 1860," April 4 - 25, 1976

Lot Essay

A native of Pennsylvania, Emmanuel Grube is known to have been weaving in Lancaster County from 1838 on. He is listed in the 1850 and 1860 Pennsylvania census as a weaver in Warwick Township. Grube is buried at the Salem Lutheran Cemetary, Kissel Hill, Lancaster County. For further information, see Reinert, "Coverlets of the Pennsylvania Germans," Pennsylvania German Folklore Society, vol. XIII, 1948, p. 36.