| Weaving patterns or “drafts” were brought from the Old World by weavers who moved about the colonies weaving for bed and board. Within 100 years, coverlets were common throughout New England and Appalachia, woven from farm-raised wool and home-grown flax.
With the advent of traveling salesmen (“drummers”) and mail order catalogs, the loom-woven coverlet disappeared and became something forgotten. Until now...
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