Wool, linen, and processed cotton yarn were used for bed covers or "coverlets" during the early 1800s. By the 1840s, coverlets were out of fashion. Gift of Mrs. Esther Schwartz T.18212 Negative number: 77-3811, 77-5815 Social History Division, NMAH

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