Rose in the Wilderness Coverlet (pink)

People

Maker/Creator: Martha Ann "Mattie" Yates King
Associated Person: Effie King Brown

Date

1915

Places

Stonewall, Check, Locust Grove District

Material/Medium

Cotton and wool

Specifications

• Rose in the Wilderness pattern
• Colors: pink, green, and black
• Dimensions: 100 x 66 inches
• Two panels (33 inches wide) joined and hemmed by hand
• Pattern matched in panels

Description

Mattie King woven this overshot coverlet for her youngest child, Effie King Brown.

 

Keywords

overshot coverlet

Bio Sketch

Mattie Yates King was the daughter of William Anthony Yates and Mary Henry Terry Yates.  She married Thomas Merritt King after the death of his first wife, her older sister Sarah Elizabeth.  She then became mother to her sister’s children: Maisie, Goldie, and Edwin as well as her own:  Annie, and Effie (another child Ruby died as an infant).

Notes

This coverlet was featured on pages 34-35 in the book Textile Art from Southern Appalachia:  the quiet work of women by Kathleen Curtis Wilson.