Cover, Chair Seat

Woven seat cover, Mount Lebanon, NY

19th century

Object ID:
1952.5152.1
Community:
New York, Mount Lebanon
Description

Shaker plush - woven on a land loom and sliced with a knife to create the pile. Center panel is an alternating colored stripe detail: dark blue, light blue, red and blue / gold and green. An all green (faded to gold) boarder/edge is sewn on. Corners of striped center are cut-away to accommodative chair posts. The border edge is slit at corner. Beige velvet sewn on underside to close post holes.

New York Mount Lebanon

New York Mount Lebanon

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