Reversible strip quilt made from clothing fabrics
date: label: Date
content: 20th century
name: label: Created by
content: Unidentified
notes: label: Description
content: Strip quilt made from pieces of clothing fabrics in various weave structures and fibers with muted color tones. Some of the strips have seams, indicating they may be made from recycled clothing. The strips are not uniform in size and are sewn in four (4) columns with the strips oriented horizontally. Each long side has a border of vertically oriented strips, while the top and bottom sides do not have this additional border. The edges of the blocks are turned to the back and sewn down to form a self-fabric binding. The back of the quilt is also pieced from clothing samples, but has five (5) columns of strips roughly the same width across, with a thinner column along one long edge. A thin layer of batting is placed between the top and back. The layers are sewn together with machine quilting in a grid pattern using navy thread.
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: 2014.156.2
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: wool, cotton, synthetic fiber, batting, and thread
label: Dimensions
content: H x W x D: 87 1/2 × 70 1/2 × 1/4 in. (222.3 × 179.1 × 0.6 cm)