Lot Essay
See Shaw, Americas Traditional Crafts (Levin, New York, 1993), pg.74 for a coverlet attributed to the same weaver.
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HARRY TYLER, JEFFERSON COUNTY, NEW YORK, DATED 1842
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A WOOL AND COTTON JACQUARD-WOVEN COVERLET
Harry Tyler, Jefferson County, New York, dated 1842
Hand-woven in two widths in ivory cotton and red wool for Sophia A Clark 1842, featuring foliate cartouches enclosing flowers and diamonds, framed on three sides by a rose tree and picket fence border with woven inscriptions Jefferson Co NY, the corner name blocks bearing the weaver's symbol, a stylized lion
93x88in.
Harry Tyler, Jefferson County, New York, dated 1842
Hand-woven in two widths in ivory cotton and red wool for Sophia A Clark 1842, featuring foliate cartouches enclosing flowers and diamonds, framed on three sides by a rose tree and picket fence border with woven inscriptions Jefferson Co NY, the corner name blocks bearing the weaver's symbol, a stylized lion
93x88in.
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Please note that the illustration for this lot is incorrectly numbered as 545 and should be noted as lot 454.