1900 - 1925 Amish "Bars" Quilt
date: label: Date made
content: 1900-1925
name: label: quilter
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notes: label: Description
content: Quilted in Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, in the early part of the twentieth century, this seemingly simple pattern of bars set in a contrasting color typifies Amish quilting. The center is composed of eleven burgundy and blue strips of wool-and-cotton fabric, which vary in width from 6 inches to 7-inches, set in a frame of blue. The corners of the border are mitered. The blue bars and borders are quilted in a cable pattern, and the burgundy bars in a chevron pattern. The skillful quilting is done with rose and blue cotton thread. It is a classic rendering of a traditional Amish pattern.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
topic: label: Subject
content: Quilting
label: Subject
content: Amish
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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: 1985.0029.04
label: catalog number
content: 1985.0029.04
label: accession number
content: 1985.0029
objectType: label: Object Name
content: quilt
label: Object Type
content: quilts
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: fabric, cotton/ wool (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: thread, cotton (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: filling, cotton (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 89 in x 93 in; 225 cm x 237 cm