In this collection, coverlet is defined as a decorative, woven bedcovering. Sometimes called coverlids or kivers, these bedcoverings have been present in American homes from Colonial times through the ...

Homes in Colonial America and in Europe during the 1600s and early 1700s were often only one or two rooms. Because the bed was the largest and possibly the most expensive piece of furniture in the ...

LIMA — The heat wave that gripped northwestern Ohio in the sweltering, un-air-conditioned early summer of 1913 had been “most intolerant” and “many a prayer went up” for relief, the Lima Daily News ...

Did you know that there is a link between 19th-century woven coverlets and modern computers? The link is explored in “Technological Textiles: Computing History and Decorative Textiles,” the current ...

During winter in earlier centuries, rooms could become very cold. Heat came only from a fireplace; a glass of water 6 feet from the flames could freeze. So blankets, coverlets and quilts were ...

Some hookers gathered Aug. 17 at the Southern Alleghenies Museum of Art at Ligonier Valley. Don’t be scandalized, though — they were rug hookers (and some other folks) attending the opening reception ...

“I’ve brought you a present, knowing that you take delight in such as this,” Mrs. William Davis of Brittian’s Cove told New York-born missionary Frances Louisa Goodrich in the early 1890s as she ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. This 1943 photograph features Frances Louisa Goodrich (1856-1944) standing in front of two coverlets. The coverlet on the left is ...