1840-60 Irish Chain pieced quilt
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Object Details
- unknown
- Description
- This Irish chain quilt is made of 2-1/2 and 12-1/2" squares of 3 printed cottons, with a fourth printed cotton used for the 9-1/2 " border. The quilting pattern is outline on 2-1/2" squares with same grid on larger squares, clamshell on theborder, 6 stitches/inch. White cotton lining, cotton filling. No separate binding; front and back turned in, sewn with running stitch.
- Location
- Currently not on view
- Credit Line
- The Sutphen-Schenck-Hunt Memorial Collection
- 1840 - 1860
- ID Number
- TE.H012115
- accession number
- 52752
- catalog number
- H012115
- Object Name
- Quilt
- Physical Description
- thread, cotton (overall material)
- fabric, cotton (overall material)
- filling, cotton (overall material)
- Measurements
- overall: 108 in x 107 in; 274 cm x 272 cm
- place made
- United States: New Jersey
- See more items in
- Home and Community Life: Textiles
- Textiles
- Domestic Furnishings
- National Museum of American History
- Subject
- Quilting
- Record ID
- nmah_556290
- Metadata Usage (text)
- CC0
- GUID (Link to Original Record)
- http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ng49ca746a3-c9e2-704b-e053-15f76fa0b4fa
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