Bedspread woven in the Catalpa Flower pattern by an enslaved woman

243.8 cm 226.1 cm

Citation

A reverse cotton and wool coverlet in the Catalpa Flower weave pattern made by an enslaved woman on the Singleton Family Plantation in Hawkinsville, Georgia. The cream and indigo dyed blue coverlet has a stylized flower motif of blue circles set amid cream squares. The fabric...

Artifact

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ld1-1715420500474-1715420512674-0
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1
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2017.108.4
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Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture
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