Owner : Mary Eby

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Item Name	Jacquard Coverlet	Image1
Other Owner(s)	Nil
Category	Artifacts
Year	Early: 1870 - Late: 1890
Description	A jacquard coverlet or bedspread of the tied doublecloth variety with an all-cotton warp and dark blue wool pattern weft. It has a central medallion of an eight-point star surrounded by a larger star ringed by flowers and leaves. The medallion sits in a field of triangles all pointing toward it. At the corners are eagles surmounting shields with stars and stripes. There is a border of grapes, grape leaves and urns with four-petaled flowers at the corners.
Maker\Attribution	August Ploethner
Collection	Doon Heritage Crossroads Contact : 10 Huron Rd. Kitchener 519-748-1914 www.region.waterloo.on.ca/doon
Accession No.	1974.119.002

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