The luscious, heavy, cream-colored linen of this coverlet was spun and woven by Elizabeth Hallack from flax grown by her husband Zachariah about the year 1749 at Matticut, Long Island. Vines bearing flowers, each variation of the other, were embroidered by her in a striking arrangement of vertical bands in shades of blue wool on a twill ground. The bedspread has remained in the same family, being handed down from mother to daughter until the present time.