Pineapple quilt gifted to Lucy Hardiman Roundtree from Lydia Hardiman
date: label: Date
content: 1885
name: label: Created by
content: Lydia Hardiman, American
label: Owned by
content: Lucy Hardiman Roundtree, American
label: Owned by
content: Josephine Church, American
notes: label: Description
content: An appliqued red and green wedding quilted bedcover made by Lydia Hardiman for her daughter Lucy Hardiman Roundtree. Four (4) repeating blocks depicting stylized pineapple fruits in red striped and solid green cotton on a white ground are separated by green sashing with red squares in the corners. The sashing also appears on two exterior edges of the top. The pineapple design consists of a leafy stem with three (3) large fruits extending from the stem. The blocks are not oriented in the same direction. The blocks are hand appliqued and hand pieced with white cotton thread. There is cotton batting between the top and the plain white cotton backing. The layers are hand quilted with white cotton thread that traces the appliqued fruit pattern and is sewn in a diagonally-oriented grid in the negative spaces. The edges of the quilt are turned and hand stitched to the back.
place: label: Place used
content: Lyles Station, Gibson County, Indiana, United States, North and Central America
topic: label: Topic
content: African American
label: Topic
content: Communities
label: Topic
content: Domestic life
label: Topic
content: Families
label: Topic
content: Rural 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 the Lyles Station Historic Preservation Corporation
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of African American History and Culture
identifier: label: Object number
content: 2012.155.10
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: cotton cloth, cotton batting, and cotton thread
label: Dimensions
content: H x W x D: 72 × 58 7/8 × 1/8 in. (182.9 × 149.5 × 0.3 cm)