Strip quilt of red and black plaid, with lavender, yellow, and pink stripes
date: label: Date
content: mid 20th-early 21st century
name: label: Created by
content: Unidentified
notes: label: Description
content: Strip Quilt with five columns alternating in three (3) columns of a red and black woven plaid with two (2) columns of thin strips of lavender, yellow, and pink solid fabrics sewn together. The pastel strips do not have the same color running through the entire column, meaning the stripe is broken up where the strips are pieced together to achieve the full length of the quilt. The quilt is backed with four (4) different fabrics pieced together including a blue stripe, a white and blue small scale floral print, a green on green leafy vine print, and a faded burgundy and cream large scale floral print. The edges of the quilt are not even. In some places the front is turned to the back, while in others the back is turned to the front, to form the binding. The green leaf print and burgundy floral print back fabrics are visible along one long edge on the front. A thin layer of batting is placed between the top and back, which are hand quilted in a pattern of diagonal lines in white thread.
place: label: Place made
content: Virginia, United States, North and Central America
topic: label: Topic
content: African American
label: Topic
content: Domestic life
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content: National Museum of African American History and Culture Collection
label: Classification
content: Textiles and Quilts
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, Gift of Dr. Gladys-Marie Fry
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of African American History and Culture
identifier: label: Object number
content: 2013.215.6
objectType: label: Type
content: quilts
objectRights: label: Restrictions & Rights
content: No Known Copyright Restrictions
label: Restrictions & Rights
content: Proper usage is the responsibility of the user.
physicalDescription: label: Medium
content: cotton cloth, batting, thread
label: Dimensions
content: H x W x D: 78 1/2 × 66 1/2 × 1/8 in. (199.4 × 168.9 × 0.3 cm)