1790 - 1810 Triangle-Pieced Child's Quilt
date: label: date made
content: 1790-1810
name: label: maker
content: unknown
notes: label: Description
content: Of Scottish or American origin, this child’s quilt was used in the donor’s family. The quilt is constructed with thirty-five 4-5/8" blocks pieced of printed and plain triangles. The fabrics have stripe, geometric, and floral motifs block-printed in rose and brown with penciled blue accents. The quilt is framed by a 4-1/4" border, block-printed with birds, flowers, thistles, and striped edges.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
topic: label: Subject
content: Quilting
label: Subject
content: Children
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content: Home and Community Life: Textiles
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content: Family & Social Life
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content: Quilts
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content: Textiles
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content: Domestic Furnishings
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Miss Evelyn Endlich
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: 1985.0771.01
label: catalog number
content: 1985.0771.01
label: accession number
content: 1985.0771
objectType: label: Object Name
content: quilt
label: Other Terms
content: quilt; household textile
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: fabric, cotton, linen (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: thread, linen (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: filling, cotton (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: brown (overall color)
label: Physical Description
content: blue (overall color)
label: Physical Description
content: red (overall color)
label: Physical Description
content: white (overall color)
label: Physical Description
content: pieced, quilted (overall production method/technique)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 40 in x 31 in; 102 cm x 80 cm