Treasure in Flax

I know little of my great-great-grandmother Rhoda Johnson Coleman.   But one possession that has come down to me provides a tantalizing glimpse  of her.  She wove by hand the antique counterpane coverlet above in Cady, Ohio, in 1837.  That puts the age of the coverlet at one hundred seventy-five years.  Although the edges show wear, the [...]

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