Location Currently not on view date made 1838 weaver Davidson, Archibald manufacturer Ithaca Carpet Factory ID Number TE.T11470 catalog number T11470.000 accession number 212398 Data Source National Museum of American Historyġ852 Mary Ann Kinyon's White-work Quilt Description Cross-stitched in pink silk: “Mary Ann Kinyon 1852,” clearly identifies this quilt. This coverlet is composed of two panels woven as one length, cut, and sewn together to create the finished width. They later lived in both Tompkins and Warsaw Counties, New York. He married Jane McPhail on Decemin Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, and they had five sons, one born in Pennsylvania and the other four in New Jersey. Archibald Davidson was born in Scotland in 1771, where he was trained as a weaver.
This coverlet belonged to James Madison Wheeler, grandfather of the donor. In the lower two corners, the words "Woven at the Ithaca Carpet Factory by Arch'd Davidson 1838" appear. The two side borders are composed of an adorsed “Stag and Tree,” and the bottom border is composed of a more developed Independence Hall and Great Seal Eagle border found on earlier Davidson coverlets. The coverlet features borders along three side. This centerfield design features a stylized “Double Tulip” carpet medallion motif offset by floral diamond motifs.
1771), proprietor of the Ithaca Carpet Factory, wove this blue and white, Figured and Fancy, double- cloth coverlet in 1838. Archibald Davidson coverlet Figured and Fancy double cloth 1838 New York Description Archibald Davidson (b.
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