Log cabin variation quilt with feed sack backing
date: label: Date
content: early 20th century
name: label: Created by
content: Unidentified
notes: label: Description
content: Log cabin variation pieced scrap quilt with feed sack backing. The top consists of nine (9) large log cabin variation blocks with the center of each block having a four-patch and the colors of the pieces arranged diagonally from light to dark on all but one block. The fabrics are a variety of woven, printed, and solid patterns in mostly cotton, but also with linen, wool, and mixed fabrics. There are borders of different widths on three (3) sides made from long strips of fabric, with the one vertical edge border made from the same floral print cotton gauze. The quilt back is made from several feed sacks pieced together, some with faint printed text in red and black ink still visible. The back is seamed to the front along the one vertical edge with a border, with the other three edges of the back turned to the front and sewn down to form binding. The two layers are hand quilted together in white thread in a pattern of concentric squares corresponding to the blocks on the top side. There is no batting or other filler inside the quilt.
place: label: Place collected
content: Social Circle, Walton County, Georgia, 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 Oprah Winfrey
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of African American History and Culture
identifier: label: Object number
content: 2014.312.298
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, linen, and wool
label: Dimensions
content: H x W x D: 80 × 75 × 1/4 in. (203.2 × 190.5 × 0.6 cm)