Object Details
- unknown
- Description
- This quilt, pieced in a modified Nine-patch pattern, displays a multitude of fabric examples mainly from the 1820s and 1830s. Thirty roller-printed cottons, 5 block-printed cottons, and 16 woven fabrics (stripes, checks, and plaids) were used to make the 6-inch square pieced blocks that alternate with 6-inch squares of printed cottons. The quilt is lined and bound with a plain-weave white cotton fabric. It is quilted, 8 stitches per inch. The variety of fabrics that were used makes this quilt an especially interesting example of early 19th-century textile design and printing.
- Location
- Currently not on view
- Credit Line
- Gift of Mrs. Joseph B. Tucker
- 1825-1850
- ID Number
- TE.T15385
- catalog number
- T15385
- accession number
- 293793
- Object Name
- quilt
- Physical Description
- fabric, cotton (overall material)
- thread, cotton (overall material)
- filling, cotton (overall material)
- Measurements
- overall: 95 in x 85 in; 241 cm x 216 cm
- place made
- United States
- See more items in
- Home and Community Life: Textiles
- Textiles
- Domestic Furnishings
- Quilts
- National Museum of American History
- subject
- Quilting
- Record ID
- nmah_556496
- GUID (Link to Original Record)
- http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ng49ca746a3-c82d-704b-e053-15f76fa0b4fa
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