Quilt made from gray, black, brown, blue, and red suiting samples
date: label: Date
content: 20th century
name: label: Created by
content: Unidentified
notes: label: Description
content: A tied quilt made from suiting fabrics in muted tones of gray, black, brown, blue, and red machine sewn together. The pieces are all of uniform rectangular size, suggesting they are from a salesman's sample or swatch book. The quilt is backed with a gray and cream striped wool cotton blend fabric that is turned over at the edges and then sewn around the turned edges of the top. There is no additional border or binding. There is no batting between the pieced top and the backing fabric. The top and backing are attached with red yarn ties placed at the center and the corners of each block on the top.
topic: label: Topic
content: African American
label: Topic
content: Domestic life
setName: label: See more items in
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
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of African American History and Culture
identifier: label: Object number
content: 2013.162.10
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: wool cloth, wool and synthetic blend cloth, wool and cotton blend cloth, and synthetic yarn
label: Dimensions
content: H x W: 86 3/4 × 84 in. (220.3 × 213.4 cm)