Overshot: The Political Aesthetics of Woven Textiles from the Antebellum South and Beyond
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Woven coverlets have appeared in several guises within the history of folk textiles. Created on four-harness looms, coverlets made in the nineteenth-century American South typically featured colored wool and cotton threads woven into striking geometric patterns. Although they are not as well known as other textiles and domestic objects, "overshot" coverlets were, and continue to be, significant examples of material culture that require tremendous...
Format:Paperback
Language:English
ISBN:0820357715
ISBN13:9780820357713
Release Date:March 2020
Publisher:University of Georgia Press
Length:216 Pages
Weight:0.80 lbs.
Dimensions:0.6" x 6.2" x 8.9"
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