1840 - 1860 "Star" Quilt Block
date: label: date made
content: 1840-1860
name: label: maker
content: unknown
notes: label: Description
content: The eight-pointed star is pieced of plain-woven green cotton, with red and yellow rose pieced in its center and a red scallop pieced into each arm. Part of a series of blocks intended for a quilt.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: place made
content: United States: Arkansas, Union
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
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Gift of Miss G. Ruth McHenry
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: TE.E387833.00G
label: accession number
content: 188128
label: catalog number
content: E387833G
objectType: label: Object Name
content: Quilt Block
label: Other Terms
content: Quilt Squares; Quilt Block; Household Textile
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: thread, cotton (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: fabric, cotton (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: pieced (overall production method/technique)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 22 in x 22 in; 56 cm x 56 cm