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Four blocks of black snowball weaving
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Coverlets, Cultural Objects

Twenty-Five Snowballs Coverlet (black, red)

People
Associated Person: Gertrude Wood Vest
Date
Unknown
Places
County Line, Harvestwood
Material/Medium

Wool, cotton

Specifications
  • Pattern: Twenty-Five Snowballs
  • Colors: black, red, cream
  • Dimensions: 89 x 82 inches
  • Panels:  three (27 1/2, 27, 27 1/2 inches wide) joined with hand-stitching
  • Pattern well matched
  • Repairs: Circular patch using remnant of original weaving
Description

This is one of several coverlets in our collection woven in the Twenty-Five Snowballs pattern but the only one with black and red snowballs.  The coverlet shows signs of use (a small hole, blue stain in addition to the patched spot.)

Keywords
Overshot coverlet
Bio Sketch

Laura Gertrude Wood Vest (1894-1987) was the daughter of Jefferson Pinkard Wood and Sarah Belinda Brammer Wood of Cannaday’s Gap.  They lived in the County Line section of the county.