Antique 1800s Peter Stauffer PA overshot Star & Diamond coverlet rare

Approx  78"x85"

Condition:pre loved, blanket has a small hole closer to the middle, photo#8. It's in a very good shape considering its age. Its been stored properly. As many of blankets of that era it has a middle seam stitching. All handmade. Non smoking. No color bleeds.

We made some basic research for this particular blanket. Its not marked by any of the names but its pattern and colors are predominantly tell the store.

Please read below what we found regarding this pattern.

Make your own research we only describe what we see.

From National Museum of American History:

Peter Stauffer was a professional weaver in Chester County, Pennsylvania in the early nineteenth century. He recorded payments for coverlets and tablecloths that he wove for local customers in his account book, dating between 1810 and 1831, (object number TE*T14233). This piece is a hemmed fragment of a larger coverlet in the “Star and Diamond” pattern, woven by Stauffer in red, dark blue and green wool with white cotton. Stauffer also wove small samples of different coverlet patterns to advertise his skills and help customers select designs; one of these was also acquired by the museum. According to his accounts, by the later 1820s Stauffer made fewer coverlets, likely losing this business to the coverlets with realistic floral and other complex patterns produced on the newly popular, mechanized, jacquard looms. In 1812, Stauffer married Suzanna Hartz. The family soon switched professions, working as carpet weavers and later in iron foundries.