Sixteen-patch scrap quilt with feed sack backing
date: label: Date
content: mid 20th century
name: label: Created by
content: Unidentified
notes: label: Description
content: Sixteen-patch scrap quilt with feed sack backing. The quilt top consists of twenty-five (25) sixteen-patch blocks made from mismatched scraps. The blocks are separated with long scraps of mismatched sashing. There are borders of blue and white plaid check fabric on the top and bottom, with no outer side borders. The fabrics are a variety of colors with mostly printed designs, though some have woven designs. They are primarily cotton, with a few scraps of rayon. The back of the quilt is made from feed sacks pieced together with faded blue, red, and black ink still partly visible on some of them. Cotton batting is placed between the top and back, which are hand quilted together in a fan pattern with white thread. The edges of the back are turned to the front and sewn down to form the binding.
place: label: Place collected
content: Saint Marys, Camden County, Georgia, United States, Sea Islands, 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 Oprah Winfrey
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of African American History and Culture
identifier: label: Object number
content: 2014.312.297
objectType: label: Type
content: quilts
objectRights: label: Restrictions & Rights
content: Unknown - Restrictions Possible
label: Restrictions & Rights
content: Rights assessment and proper usage is the responsibility of the user.
physicalDescription: label: Medium
content: cotton, rayon, and cotton batting
label: Dimensions
content: H x W x D: 73 × 67 1/4 × 1/4 in. (185.4 × 170.8 × 0.6 cm)