Pieced quilt made by Elizabeth Salter Smith
date: label: Date
content: 1930-1950
name: label: Created by
content: Elizabeth Anne Salter Smith, American, 1850 - 1937
notes: label: Description
content: Pieced quilt made by Elizabeth Salter Smith with nine (9) blocks all hand-pieced. Each block consists of a different design and different fabrics and colors, with a mixture of solids and prints. The pieced blocks are not uniform in size, so the maker has added strips and portions of other cut up pieced blocks to create the quilt top. Most of the added strips are a green novelty print fabric with small anthropomorphic rabbits on it. The quilt is backed with a gold, blue, and red small-scale paisley print that is turned to the front and hand sewn to form the binding. A thin layer of batting is placed between the top and back, with the layers stitched together using hand-quilting in white thread with a mixture of vertical and diagonal lines. A strip of Velcro is sewn to the back of one end for hanging. A fabric label with handwritten text in black ink is sewn at the bottom proper left back corner that reads: "WHITLEY / COLLECTION / #12 / 77 x L x 65 1/2 W".
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: 2013.215.10
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, batting, and thread
label: Dimensions
content: H x W x D: 75 1/2 × 63 1/2 × 1/4 in. (191.8 × 161.3 × 0.6 cm)