Scrap quilt made by Elizabeth Salter Smith
date: label: Date
content: 1870-1900
name: label: Created by
content: Elizabeth Anne Salter Smith, American, 1850 - 1937
notes: label: Description
content: A quilted bedcover made with printed and woven scrap fabrics by Elizabeth Salter Smith. The individual scraps are a variety of geometric shapes including squares, rectangles, triangles, and parallelograms. All of the scraps are hand pieced together, including an apparent additional horizontal strip along the top edge of the bedcover. The fabrics represent common dress prints and shirtings available in the second half of the nineteenth century, including novelty shirtings depicting anchors and horses. The quilt contains cotton batting and is backed with a cream, black, and gold plaid cotton flannel. The backing is turned to the front and hand stitched to make binding. However, the top edge of the binding is a black printed abstract design that has been both hand and machine sewn from back to front. The bedcover is hand quilted with white cotton thread in a scallop or fan design. A fabric label is sewn at the back proper right corner with handwritten ink reading "WHITLEY 3 / 97 1/2" l x 83" w". A strip of Velcro is sewn along the back top edge.
place: label: Place made
content: 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
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of African American History and Culture
identifier: label: Object number
content: 2013.162.7
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, cotton batting, and cotton thread
label: Dimensions
content: H x W: 93 x 78 in. (236.2 x 198.1 cm)