1790 - 1810 Indigo Wool Whole Cloth Quilt
date: label: date made
content: 1790-1810
name: label: maker
content: unknown
notes: label: Description
content: This example of a late 18th-early 19th-century bedcover is quilted in a pattern of repeating large feathered clamshells, 7 stitches per inch. The quilt was made with glazed indigo wool, has a wool filling, and wool/cotton lining. Both sewing and quilting threads are 2-ply blue wool. The edges of the front and original lining were turned in and stitched with blue wool. It has had much wear and a second lining of a cotton/silk fabric was added at later date.
label: Description
content: The fabric for this quilt was dyed blue with indigo, one of the oldest dyes used for textiles. Glazing, a process involving the use of a hot press on wool fabric, resulted in a smooth, lustrous fabric surface. Little of the glaze remains on this quilt.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: place made
content: United States
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. Franklin Chace
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: TE.T17971
label: catalog number
content: T17971
label: accession number
content: 317832
objectType: label: Object Name
content: quilted counterpane
label: Object Name
content: quilt
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: fabric, wool, wool/cotton, cotton/silk (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: thread, wool (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: filling, wool (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 99 in x 90 in; 251 cm x 229 cm