old antique turkey red & white homespun coverlet bedspread, woven cotton & wool bed cover

Worn vintage coverlet woven of unbleached cotton and dyed red wool, lovely even though it's shabby! We found no makers marks or symbols, or any labels of maker or owner. It's out of an Iowa farm estate near the Mississippi river, and looks like a very good old piece to us.

This measures 78" wide in a single panel, about 83" long, with hemmed ends. There's wear at the edges, and some thinning in areas over the spread, though no holes or threadbare spots.

We've examined the fabric very closely, and believe that both the warp threads and the soft 'fill' white thread are natural unbleached cotton, with the red being wool yarn, slightly tighter in the spinning. It's probably a homespun piece.