Quilt top
date: label: Date
content: early–mid-19th century
notes: label: Description
content: Unfinished patchwork quilt top with a design of hexagons arranged as flowers on a white ground. Some of the fabrics are English block prints from the 1780s and 1790s; others are 19th century roller-printed fabrics. The hexagonal shapes were formed over paper patterns, still present.
place: label: made in
content: Leeds, England
setName: label: See more items in
content: Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum Collection
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content: Textiles Department
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Museum purchase from Alice Beer Memorial Fund
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum
identifier: label: Accession Number
content: 1986-27-1
objectType: label: Type
content: printed, dyed & painted textiles
label: Type
content: Quilt top
objectRights: label: Restrictions & Rights
content: CC0
physicalDescription: label: Medium
content: Medium: cotton, paper Technique: printed cotton, pieced and sewn, paper backing
label: Dimensions
content: H x W: 148.6 x 94 cm (58 1/2 x 37 in.)