Overshot: The Political Aesthetics of Woven Textiles from the Antebellum South and Beyond

by Jessica R Smith, Susan Falls, Jessica R. Smith

Book Overview

Woven coverlets have appeared in several guises within the history of folk textiles. Created on four-harness looms, coverlets made in the nineteenth-century American South typically featured colored wool and cotton threads woven into striking geometric patterns. Although they are not as well known as other textiles and domestic objects, "overshot" coverlets were, and continue to be, significant examples of material culture that require tremendous...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0820357715
• ISBN13: 9780820357713
• Release Date: March 2020
• Publisher: University of Georgia Press
• Length: 216 Pages
• Weight: 0.80 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 6.2" x 8.9"