1790 - 1810 Pieced Wool Quilt
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- Description
- This pieced wool quilt is actually an example of a cleverly designed recycling or repair of a damaged or worn quilt. The original quilt was made of light green, salmon, dark blue, and gray-green wool, all glazed, but only the dark blue corners retain their glaze. At a later date, a pieced pink and brown wool panel complete with its original filling, lining, and quilting stitches, was added across the top.
- The lining consists of 6 large segments of plain woven wool or wool and linen; one segment is a plain woven horizontal stripe. The quilt is wool filled and quilted. The quilting patterns are different between the top added panel (7 stitches per inch) and the main body of the quilt (8 stitches per inch). Linen thread was mainly used for seaming; wool thread for quilting. The quilt is bound with 1/2" straight strip of green wool whipped to front and lining; the top added panel is bound with green wool twill-woven tape.
- The quilt was part of a larger donation of 18th and 19th century textiles that included coverlets, rugs, printed fabrics, white-on-white embroidered counterpanes, and blankets among other items.
- Location
- Currently not on view
- Credit Line
- Mr. and Mrs. Samuel Schwartz
- 1790 - 1810
- ID Number
- TE.T18241
- catalog number
- T18241
- accession number
- 1977.0101
- Object Name
- Quilt
- Physical Description
- fabric, wool (overall material)
- thread, wool, silk, linen (overall material)
- filling, wool (overall material)
- Measurements
- overall: 90 in x 85 in; 229 cm x 216 cm
- place made
- World
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- Home and Community Life: Textiles
- Textiles
- Domestic Furnishings
- Quilts
- National Museum of American History
- Subject
- Quilting
- Record ID
- nmah_556593
- Metadata Usage (text)
- CC0
- GUID (Link to Original Record)
- http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ng49ca746b3-8406-704b-e053-15f76fa0b4fa
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