two-crocheted-coverlets
Lot 2354
Two Crocheted Coverlets
Lot Details & Additional Photographs
The first with tag reading "Tobacco Twine Wedding Coverlet crocheted by freed slaves on the Nathan Stanley Plantation for F. A. Whitaker and Stanley Daughter, Beaver Creek, Jones County, North Carolina, 1870's" (9 ft. x 9 ft. 3 in ) (with staining and some holes); and the second with tag reading "Tobacco Twine Coverlet crocheted by Freed Slaves on Nathan Stanley Plantation, Beaver Creek, Jones County, North Carolina, 1880-1890" (8 ft. 5 in. x 9 ft. 6 in. ) (some discoloration and pulled threads)

Private Collection, Charlottesville, Virginia