An unusual NJ Jacquard blue and white one piece coverlet decorated with various floral patterns and having a double floral border - signed on the center bottoms of both ends "Effy Van Wagner / N. Young Wever / 1838" (note the misspelling of "wever" (assumed to be weaver, i.e., the maker of the coverlet), probably Bergen County NJ. Some moth damage, but overall good condition - measures 71" x 94". The following from an online article written by the Bergen Country Historical Society (with others): "A white cotton and indigo wool coverlet signed "N. Young, Wever (sic)" and dated" 1838" is in the possession of the Bergen County Historical Society (Fig. 13). Since it is seamless, it was obviously designed and woven as a single unit on a broad loom. Eighteen medallions of four different types are interspersed with twelve smaller medallions in the main pattern These are bordered by grapes, daisies and morning glories. Several of the motifs closely resemble the work of Christie and Haring. The stem and foliage of a flower used in one of the large medallions is identical to the Haring Rose. Only in the border design does Young assert his individuality. Any suggestion that Young was an itinerant weaver should be regarded with skepticism. His broad loom and mechanical apparatus could not have easily been packed up and taken on the road. His seamless coverlets required a considerable investment in equipment and his wares would represent the state of the art at the time they were made. He may have sought and attracted a more widely dispersed clientele, thus explaining the comparatively broad distribution of his work. Because of his known use of a wide loom, many seamless coverlets made in and about 1840 have been attributed to Nathaniel Young. Many of these express the taste for more naturalistic ornament. Unfortunately, these coverlets bear only the client's name."