A double cloth Jacquard weave coverlet of indigo wool and natural cotton, the central field with daisies and stars, with fruit trees and a picket fence three sides, with a lion two corners, inscribed Minerva Ackley 1839, Jefferson. Co. NY. along one border--80 x 88in. (200 x 220cm.), American

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A double cloth Jacquard weave coverlet of indigo wool and natural cotton, the central field with daisies and stars, with fruit trees and a picket fence three sides, with a lion two corners, inscribed Minerva Ackley 1839, Jefferson. Co. NY. along one border--80 x 88in. (200 x 220cm.), American
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Lot Essay

The lion was the trademark of the weaver Harry Tyler working in Butterville, New York (Jefferson Co.). For an identical coverlet in different colourways see p.47, A Checklist of Amercan Coverlet Weavers, compiled by J Heisey, 1978, Colonial Williamsburg

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