1840 - 1880 Pieced Bolster Cover
date: label: date made
content: 1840-1880
name: label: maker
content: unknown
notes: label: Description
content: This bolster cover, probably from Pennsylvania, consists of nine-patch squares (19" x 51” on the top) with 3 1/2" on across the top and bottom folded to the back and sewn to a 12" plain white cotton piece (provides coverage when bolster inserted). Open on one end, the edges turned under and whip stitched. The fabrics used are a variety of printed and plain cottons. The 51” length was made to span the width of bed. This may have been constructed to match a nine –patch bed quilt or may have used left-over blocks from another project.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: place made
content: United States: Pennsylvania
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: Mrs. Robert B. Stephens
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: 1989.0712.06
label: accession number
content: 1989.0712
label: catalog number
content: 1989.0712.06
objectType: label: Object Name
content: Quilt
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: fabric, cotton (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 19 in x 51 in; 48 cm x 130 cm