Tumbling Blocks
date: label: Date
content: 1870–79
notes: label: Catalogue Status
content: Research in Progress
label: Description
content: Fragment of a quilt top in "Tumbling Blocks" pattern, made from small diamond shapes stitched together to create the illusion of cubes. The woven pieces are in silk stripes, plaids and a few small floral patterns.
place: label: made in
content: New York, New York, USA
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content: Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum Collection
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content: Textiles Department
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Gift of Dorothy Lynde Wright and A. Elizabeth Wadhams
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum
identifier: label: Accession Number
content: 1975-39-1
objectType: label: Type
content: embroidery & stitching
label: Object Name
content: Patchwork fragment
label: Type
content: Patchwork fragment
objectRights: label: Restrictions & Rights
content: CC0
physicalDescription: label: Medium
content: Medium: silk Technique: pieced and sewn patchwork of woven fabrics Label: Pieced and sewn of woven silk fabrics
label: Dimensions
content: H x W: 40.5 x 31 cm (15 15/16 x 12 3/16 in.)