- Created by
- Unidentified
- Owned by
- Old Slave Mart Museum, American, founded 1937
- Date
- before 1863
- Medium
- dye on cotton
- Dimensions
- H x W: 89 × 96 in. (226.1 × 243.8 cm)
- Description
- A reverse cotton and wool coverlet in the Catalpa Flower weave pattern made by an enslaved woman on the Singleton Family Plantation in Hawkinsville, Georgia. The cream and indigo dyed blue coverlet has a stylized flower motif of blue circles set amid cream squares. The fabric has areas of loss, fraying, and previous repairs. There are cotton support strips adhered to the reverse.
- Place made
- Hawkinsville, Pulaski County, Georgia, United States, North and Central America
- Classification
- Slavery and Freedom Objects
- Textiles and Quilts
- Type
- coverlets
- Topic
- Craftsmanship
- Design
- Domestic life
- Slavery
- Textile design
- Credit Line
- Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture
- Object number
- 2017.108.4
- Restrictions & Rights
- No Known Copyright Restrictions
- Proper usage is the responsibility of the user.




