1840 - 1860 Appliqued Quilt Blocks
date: label: date made
content: 1840-1860
label: associated dates
content: 1840 00 00+ / 1840 00 00+, 1860 00 00- / 1860 00 00-
name: label: maker
content: unknown
notes: label: Description
content: Seven appliqued quilt blocks of the type found in album quilts. Each of plain-weave white cotton fabric appliqued with a four-armed conventionalized floral motif cut from printed cottons with red grounds. The center of each appliqued motif is cut out, providing space on the white ground-fabric for writing a name. Five different printed fabrics have been used for the applique. Blocks D and E are of the same fabric.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: place made
content: United States: Pennsylvania, Philadelphia
label: associated place
content: United States: Pennsylvania, Philadelphia
topic: label: Subject
content: Quilting
setName: label: See more items in
content: Home and Community Life: Textiles
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content: Textiles
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: GIft of Mrs. Joan R. Stephens
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: 1990.0667.12A-G
label: accession number
content: 1990.0667
label: catalog number
content: 1990.0667.12A-G
objectType: label: Object Name
content: Quilt Blocks
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: fabric, cotton (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: plain weave/applique (overall production method/technique)
label: Physical Description
content: paper (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: applique (overall production method/technique)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 12 in x 12 in; 30 cm x 30 cm