Coverlet Woven by Harry Tyler for Clarissa Garter, 1847
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Harry Tyler was an extraordinarily skilled weaver, a master of design whose coverlets display meticulous attention to detail. Tyler changed some element of his designs almost every year. These changes required extra work, but likely encouraged repeat orders from old customers. This is the second coverlet Tyler wove for Clarissa Garter, a young Orleans County, New York, farmwife.
Harry Tyler was an extraordinarily skilled weaver, a master of design whose coverlets display meticulous attention to detail. Tyler changed some element of his designs almost every year. These changes required extra work, but likely encouraged repeat orders from old customers. This is the second coverlet Tyler wove for Clarissa Garter, a young Orleans County, New York, farmwife.
Artifact
Coverlet
Date Made
1847
Creators
Place of Creation
United States, New York, Butterville
Creator Notes
Attributed to weaver Harry Tyler of Butterville, Jefferson County, New York
Keywords
United States, New York, Orleans county
United States, New York, Shelby
Location
Not on exhibit to the public.
Object ID
2007.72.44
Credit
From the Collections of The Henry Ford. Gift of the Fred & Margaret Brusher Family.
Material
Cotton (Textile)
Wool (Textile)
Technique
Weaving
Color
Beige (Color)
Blue
Dimensions
Width: 78.375 in (Two 39.125" panels.)
Length: 89.5 in
Inscriptions
in center bottom: E. PLURIBUS UNUM / CLARISSA GARTER. / ORLEANS CO. N.Y.1847
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