Bow tie pattern scrap quilt
date: label: Date
content: mid 20th century
name: label: Created by
content: Unidentified
notes: label: Description
content: Scrap quilt in bow tie or spool repeating blocks separated by red sashing and yellow posts. The top consists of machine pieced blocks featuring several different printed and woven fabrics, mostly cottons, in various colors and designs. The solid red sashing and solid yellow posts are the same throughout, except for one horizontal row of sashing and two vertical pieces of sashing near one end that is made from a mostly white fabric with faint printed geometric designs in blue, pink, and purple indicating it may be turned wrong side out. The quilt is backed with a pale green cotton fabric. The edges of the back and turned to the top to make the binding. The top, cotton batting, and back are attached with hand quilting in a scalloped design using white 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: 2013.215.7
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 x D: 64 1/2 × 66 1/2 × 1/4 in. (163.8 × 168.9 × 0.6 cm)