1800 - 1850 Pieced Quilt with a variety of block patterns
date: label: date made
content: 1800-1850
name: label: maker
content: unknown
notes: label: Description
content: The 17-inch center block of this early 19th-century quilt is appliquéd with a charming array of floral, geometric, and heart-shaped designs. It is surrounded by five pieced borders.
label: Description
content: Block-printed, copperplate-printed, Indian-painted, and roller-printed techniques are represented in the fabrics that were used for piecing. Plain-woven and pattern-woven white cottons are also evident. The 8 ½-inch blocks that make up the borders are pieced in a variety of patterns popular in the first half of the 19th century. It has a cotton filling and is quilted, 7 stitches/inch.
label: Description
content: The quilt is probably from southern New England, possibly Connecticut, where it was found. The many, many fabrics, different pieced block patterns, and appliquéd designs contribute to this sampler of 19th- century quilt making.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: place made
content: United States: New England
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
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content: Quilts
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Gift of Mrs. Robert B. Stephens
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: 1981.0417.04
label: catalog number
content: 1981.0417.04
label: accession number
content: 1981.0417
objectType: label: Object Name
content: quilt
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: fabric, cotton (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: thread, cotton, linen (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: filling, cotton (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 98 in x 96 in; 248 cm x 244 cm