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品名（中）	封面
品名（英）	Coverlet
入馆年号	2014年，2014.693.3
策展部门	美国之翼（The American Wing）
创作者	Leonard Metz【1810 至 1885】【美国人】
创作年份	公元 1842
创作地区	制造于: 美国, 蒙哥马利县, 宾夕法尼亚, 诺里顿乡（Made in: United States, Montgomery County, Pennsylvania, Norriton Township）
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尺寸	8 ft. 5 英寸 × 94 英寸 (256.5 × 238.8 厘米)
介绍（中）	这个被罩在带有提花附件的手摇织机上的单个宽板上编织而成。它的中心图案是交替的叶子奖章，边框显示交替的郁金香和风铃草。下边缘的两个角块上刻有编织铭文：MADE。作者/L.梅茨/蒙哥/梅里。CO./1842。伦纳德·梅茨（Leonard Metz）是第三代门诺派织布工，他于1830年代和40年代在宾夕法尼亚州工作。1832年，他在当地一家报纸上刊登广告，说他已经获得了一种编织"花纹布，如被子，桌布，地毯等的专利权，其方式优于迄今为止在美国制造的任何一种布料，购买了费城市和县的权利，以及雄鹿、蒙哥马利、利哈伊、伯克斯、切斯特和特拉华州......他现在几乎可以编织任何可能要求的图案。"（《诺里斯敦先驱报》，1832 年 4 月 23 日）。广告继续进一步解释了他的业务和能力的广度。奇怪的是，尽管梅斯在1832年就拥有他的新专利，并且拥有广阔的领土，他可以声称拥有专有权，但今天只有他制作的其他一些被套为人所知。
介绍（英）	This coverlet was woven in a single wide panel on a handloom with a Jacquard attachment. Its central pattern is of alternating foliate medallions, and the border shows alternating tulips and bellflowers. Two corner blocks at the lower edge bear the woven inscription: MADE. BY/ L. METZ/ MONTGO/MERY. CO./1842. Leonard Metz was a third generation Mennonite weaver, who worked in the 1830s and 40s in Pennsylvania. In 1832 he advertised in a local newspaper that he had secured the patent rights for a way to weave "figured cloth such as coverlets, table linens, carpets, &c. in a manner superior to any heretofore manufactured in the U. States, having purchased the right for the district of the city and county of Philadelphia, and the counties of Bucks, Montgomery, Lehigh, Berks, Chester and Delaware… He is now enabled to weave almost any pattern which may be requested." (Norristown Herald, April 23, 1832). The advertisement goes on to further explain the breadth of his business and abilities. Strangely enough, although Metz held his new patent as of 1832, and had a wide territory in which he could claim exclusive rights for it, only a few other coverlets made by him are known today.