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| UNRECORDED ALEXANDER 1825 JACQUARD COVERLET for ANN LAKE c.1833 |
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An unrecorded Jacquard double cloth coverlet bearing the inscription "AGRICULTURE & MANUFACTURES ARE THE FOUNDATION OF OUR INDEPENDENCE. JULY 4". Also inscribed with the year "1825" and the name of "General Lafayette," who toured America during that year. This variation of the non-Alexander type, for the most part dated between 1825 and 1830, are further distinguished by the appearance of three small figures hidden in the border (A later group does not have these).
Although The names found on this type of coverlet have all been traced to Dutchess County, usually around Poughkeepsie and Fishkil it would appear that Ann Lake (1815-41) was from Kingstone Ulster County a tad furfur up the Hudson river and on the other bank in Ulster Country. She married Levi Van Keura (1793-1866) on 29th Jan 1833 so possibly made for this event..
Examples of these Coverlets are in major American Museums including the Met and Museum of American History. |
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