antique homespun hand woven coverlet remnant dated 1842, Pennsylvania style Frane Hill

antique homespun hand woven coverlet remnant dated 1842, Pennsylvania style Frane Hill
antique homespun hand woven coverlet remnant dated 1842, Pennsylvania style Frane Hill
antique homespun hand woven coverlet remnant dated 1842, Pennsylvania style Frane Hill
antique homespun hand woven coverlet remnant dated 1842, Pennsylvania style Frane Hill
antique homespun hand woven coverlet remnant dated 1842, Pennsylvania style Frane Hill
antique homespun hand woven coverlet remnant dated 1842, Pennsylvania style Frane Hill
antique homespun hand woven coverlet remnant dated 1842, Pennsylvania style Frane Hill
antique homespun hand woven coverlet remnant dated 1842, Pennsylvania style Frane Hill
antique homespun hand woven coverlet remnant dated 1842, Pennsylvania style Frane Hill
antique homespun hand woven coverlet remnant dated 1842, Pennsylvania style Frane Hill

Largish piece of a linen / wool homespun woven bed cover, with name and date (1842). When I first saw this I guessed that Frane Hill was a township or village, and that the POT was the initials of the bride this was made for, or perhaps the weaver.

But I can't find ANYPLACE named Frane Hill on the entire internet, so now I think Frane Hill is the person for which the coverlet was made, and POT is the weaver, as the only POT I could think of was Potsdam New York, not a common area for old Pennsylvania settlers. Now I can't find any known weavers signing as POT. This is something of a mystery piece to me!

This piece measures 15" x 38" overall, looks very good, strong and supple, not a tremendous amount of fading. It looks lovely on my farmhouse table just as it is as a runner, or would be great in a yard long frame.

Please email me if you know anything at all about the history of this piece - I'm very interested in these old Pennsylvania style covers! A Red Lion girl here :)

sale price: $57.00
item #pw405212