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August 28, 2025: Summer Americana - Day 2

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  • Coverlets - Overshot
Lot 1230

SHENANDOAH VALLEY OF VIRGINIA OVERSHOT COVERLET

Estimate: $80 - $120
Current Bid
$40

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SHENANDOAH VALLEY OF VIRGINIA OVERSHOT COVERLET, brick red and medium blue wool, and natural cotton, two joined panels, overall repeated circle or square pattern, three sides with border. Possibly made by Mary Wenger Geil (1833-1909), Edom, Rockingham Co., VA, great-grandmother of Priscilla Beard Blosser-Rainey. Second half 19th century. 76 1/2" x 87".
Catalogue Note: The pattern of this present coverlet parallels two coverlets we previously sold. The most recent, 8/26/2023, lot 2475, came from the Branner Family of Timberville, VA and was in the collection of the late Nancy and John Stewart of Broadway, VA. The second example sold on 7/16/2016, lot 100. That coverlet was from the collection of Gene and Betty Driver of Broadway, VA, which was exhibited at "Colorful and Cozy: The Woven Art of the Coverlet", Harrisonburg-Rockingham Historical Society, December 2015-March 2016.

Condition

Very good visual condition with some light toning, a few stains, some scattered small holes and losses to wool.

Provenance

From the collection of Priscilla Blosser-Rainey, Timberville, VA.

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