Description:
Fragment of a wool coverlet decorated with wool crewel embroidery made by Lucretia Street Hall (1773-1851), the wife of Joel Hall (1771-1850) of Charlemont who married in 1793 in Wallingford, Connecticut. According to a note dated Feb. 14, 1964 from the donor, Allen Healy: "This is the remnant of the spread made by Lucretia Hall for her daughter, Catherine Hall (1808-1890), her seventh child, made for her on the occasion of her marriage to Josiah Pratt (1802-1887) on May first 1828. Catherine was my mother's grandmother. She was born in 1808. Her older brother, Miles, had a daughter, Harriet, who was born in 1813 and was raised like a daughter by Lucretia. On Harriet's marriage October 24, 1837 to Luther Parker, the spread now at the Tavern was made. It descended to Harriet's daughter Mary Brownell who gave it to my mother, Katherine A. Healy, since she felt it should go with the Tavern. My sisters disagree about the bird on the spread. One giving the story you have of a signature. The other, Lois Atwater, says Lucretia put it on so that the marrying daughter could play with her first child and point out the bird, who has eaten the cherry standing for the first child." The Halls raised sheep in East Charlemont, and Lucretia spun, dyed and wove the wool using her own designs for the coverlets. See also coverlet (F.006) and fragment (F.566) by Lucretia Hall.
Subjects:
Textile fabrics; Embroidery; polychrome; Wool Link to share this object record:
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