1885 - 1899 Countess de Mun family's Pieced Quilt
date: label: date made
content: 1885-1899
name: label: maker
content: unknown
notes: label: Description (Brief)
content: The quilt consists of fIfty-six blocks ranging in size from 6"x 6" to 6 1/4" x 6 1/4". Each of the blocks are composed of five blocks, four 3"x3" blocks with a fith 2 1/8" x 2 1/8" center block turned on point and placed in the center; seven of the small center blocks turned on point are a red and white stripe fabric, the rest are pink, light blue, and white. There are 224 3"x3" blocks and 56 of the 2 1/8"x2 1/8" blocks. Quilted in the herringbone or chevron pattern. Made in Georgia.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: Place Made
content: United States: Georgia, Jones
topic: label: Subject
content: Quilting
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content: Home and Community Life: Textiles
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content: Textiles
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content: Domestic Furnishings
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Gift of Countess Masha Magaloff
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: 1999.0060.01
label: accession number
content: 1999.0060
label: catalog number
content: 1999.0060.01
objectType: label: Object Name
content: Quilt
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: fabric, cotton (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: thread, cotton (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: filling, cotton (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 71 in x 65 in; 181 cm x 166 cm